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An illustration depicting Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s day working at the Hartford Carpet Company. He served in humble tasks at the company plants in Connecticut, Little Falls, New Jersey, and in San Francisco, California.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-1910
Article describing the feast thrown for Theodore Roosevelt Jr. as he leaves San Francisco, California, to take a job as a salesman in a Wall Street bond house.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-03-22
Editorial criticizing a San Franciscan correspondent of the Oakland Tribune for saying Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was at a party trying to ascertain everyone’s presidential preferences.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. surfing at Carpinteria, California, on his honeymoon with Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06
Newspaper articles describing newlyweds Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s stay in San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California.
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1910-06-27
A photograph of the house where newlyweds Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt lived in San Francisco, California. Eleanor has written on the photo that the address is 1942 Pacific Avenue and this is where their daughter Grace was born.
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1910-1911
The dining room of the house where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt lived at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California.
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1910-1911
Article about Theodore Roosevelt Jr. beginning his work in San Francisco for the Hartford Carpet and Rug Company.
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1910-08-02
The living room of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
The library of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt in the garden of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home they rented after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels. Eleanor was pregnant with their first child, Grace.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
Exterior of the home at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, rented by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-1911
Short article about how successful Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has been selling carpets for the San Francisco branch of the Hartford Carpet Company.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-04-03
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. with Claudine Spreckels, daughter of Rudolph Spreckels, the owner of the house Roosevelt rented in San Francisco.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
Article announcing the birth of Grace Roosevelt, first child of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Grace was also the first grandchild of Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-08-18
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. arrives for lunch at his home at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
Theodore Roosevelt holds a telegram stating, “It’s a girl, Teddy Jr.” Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s wife had recently given birth to former president Roosevelt’s first grandchild, Grace.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. holds his newborn daughter, Grace.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-08-17
Some of the friends and family who greeted Theodore Roosevelt upon his return to the United States. From left to right: Corinne Douglas Robinson Alsop (Roosevelt’s niece), Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (Roosevelt’s sister), Grace Green Alexander (mother of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s fiancee Eleanor), Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Eleanor Butler Alexander (Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s fiancee), Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-18
The interior of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City decorated for the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Alexander.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-20