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Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the tenth “TR-era image” which shows the wreckage of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba, after an onboard explosion on February 15, 1898.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1898
Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the seventh “TR-era image” which shows rows of small tents arrayed on the San Juan Heights of Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Koch asks readers to identify a figure who was mistakenly identified as Theodore Roosevelt in a photograph in an article in the Fall 2010 issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
Art Koch reveals that no reader has been able to identify the subject of “TR-era image” number eight which had been misidentified as Theodore Roosevelt in an earlier issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Koch asks his readers to identify the subjects and context of image number nine which shows members of the Rough Riders in a line waiting their turn to shake Roosevelt’s hand.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1898
Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the ninth “TR-era image” which shows Colonel Theodore Roosevelt shaking hands with members of his Rough Riders cavalry regiment at its mustering out of service on September 13, 1898. Frederic Remington’s bronze sculpture of “The Bronco-Buster” can be seen on a table near Roosevelt. The tenth TR-era image is a stereoscope view of a wrecked ship.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1898-09-13
Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the seventh “TR-era image” which is of a transport ship docked in Tampa, Florida, with members of the Rough Riders onboard awaiting their voyage to Cuba during the Spanish-American War in June 1898. The seventh installment in the series, also an image from a stereoscope card, depicts row after row of pup tents.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1898
Art Koch reveals the subjects and context of the second “TR-era image” which features Theodore Roosevelt with fellow hunters near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in the spring of 1905. Koch notes that one of the subjects in the picture had her head erased by the photographer under direction of Roosevelt who was offended that she had intruded herself among his hunting companions. The third image features a cartoon of Roosevelt shooting at a dictionary with two revolvers while the ghosts of three famous writers hover over the dictionary.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1905
Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the third “TR-era image” which is a political cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt shooting holes in a dictionary with two revolvers. Koch reveals that this cartoon from September 1906 pokes fun at Roosevelt’s directive to the Government Printing Office to use a simplified form of spelling in government documents, and he lists some notable Americans who supported Roosevelt’s reforms. The fourth image in the series shows a typical street scene of storefronts, horse drawn wagons, and telephone poles.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1906
Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the fourth “TR-era image” which shows Moore’s Building in Oyster Bay, New York, which served as summer offices for President Theodore Roosevelt from 1903 to 1908. The fifth image in the series shows Roosevelt sitting next to a pilot in an early biplane.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1902
Art Koch reveals the subject and context of the fifth “TR-era image” which shows Theodore Roosevelt sitting in a biplane next to its pilot, Arch Hoxsey, in 1910. Roosevelt went on a four minute flight in what is considered the first ride by a United States president on an airplane. Koch introduces the sixth image in the series which features a stereoscope card with a photograph of a ship tied up at a dock.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1910-10-11
The Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) announces that it is inaugurating another regular feature in its journal, “TR-Era Images.” A photograph, without caption or identification, will be presented in each issue, and readers will be asked to identify the subject and its historical context. The section also reprints a letter to the editor of the Providence Journal quoting Theodore Roosevelt, and it includes text box listing the officers of the TRA along with guidelines for submitting articles to the journal.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2008
Photograph of Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Nicholas Longworth without caption or context. This photograph marks the first entry in the “TR-Era Images” feature that asks readers of the journal to identify the subjects and setting of a photograph from the era of Theodore Roosevelt. The following issue will include the answer along with a new image to identify.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1902-1908
Art Koch reveals the subjects and context of his first installment of “TR-Era Images.” Koch notes that the photograph depicts Alice Roosevelt Longworth and her future husband Nicholas Longworth at a race track. The second image appears at the bottom of the page and shows Theodore Roosevelt on horseback along with five other people on horseback and two horse drawn wagons.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1905