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Rudolph Forster asks Abercrombie & Fitch to send the poles and pins that go with the tent that President Roosevelt recently ordered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-25
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps members under a medium size tent during the first summer prior to barrack construction in the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937
A photograph of a campsite on Slough Creek taken while Eleanor Butler Alexander and her mother Grace Green Alexander were on vacation in and around Yellowstone Park.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-1909
Photograph of a visitor reading next to a tent in the backcountry of the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the summer of 1970.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1970
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of War Taft a telegram from California Governor George C. Pardee, along with a copy of the reply he sent. Roosevelt urges Taft to “strain every effort to get the tentage, rations, bedding and supplies asked for” for San Francisco in the wake of the earthquake and fire that took place there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-19
President Roosevelt and Kermit appreciate the tent pins sent by General Carter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-19
Ezra H. Fitch updates Theodore Roosevelt on the status of the supplies that he is packing to take to Africa, including the tent, and “old style matches on a comb.” The goods will be packed and ready on the wharf on Monday, where Fitch will meet Roosevelt. Roosevelt should contact Fitch if there is anything else he needs help with in shipping or packing his goods.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-18
John L. Harrington tells President Roosevelt that whether any riding animals should be sent to the Upper Nile River depends on Roosevelt’s personal preference and where he hopes to begin shooting. Harrington can make the necessary arrangements regardless of what Roosevelt prefers. Harrington offers Roosevelt some advice regarding mosquitoes and mosquito tents, as they are very bad in the region Roosevelt will be traveling. He suggests that Roosevelt consider bringing a portable mosquito house that could be used both on the river steamer and on shore.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
D. T. Abercrombie asks President Roosevelt what he thought about some samples of canvas that the David T. Abercrombie Company sent to him. The material, Abercrombie says, is the best material for tents, but he would like to have Roosevelt’s opinion on it, as the company hopes to sell him a tent for his African safari and would like to meet his specifications. Abercrombie sends Roosevelt more samples of material, as well as a full product catalog under separate cover.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-02
Noah Seaman has shipped President Roosevelt’s tent to Abercrombie & Fitch. He has not received the other yet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-25
Abercrombie & Fitch will make a khaki waterproof silk tent with seamless telescopic steel tent poles and forward them to President Roosevelt if William Loeb will provide shipping directions. Ezra H. Fitch asks Loeb to ask Roosevelt if, in the company’s new catalog, the new tents can be called “Roosevelt Tents.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-21
Ezra H. Fitch of Abercrombie & Fitch informs William Loeb that the company has made several improvements in the design and materials of some items that President Roosevelt ordered for his African trip. Fitch thinks that Roosevelt might be interested in their new waterproof tent, telescopic tent poles, and sleeping bag. He encloses a sample of the tent’s material.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-19
Ezra H. Fitch informs William Loeb that Abercrombie & Fitch has sent a metal flask for President Roosevelt as was discussed in a previous letter. Fitch confirms the details regarding a tent ordered by Roosevelt, including its construction and deployment, and says that the tent will be ready in about a week. Fitch offers to send any other items, such as sleeping bags or other camping equipment, for Roosevelt to inspect to ensure it is of good quality.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-29
Edward North Buxton advises President Roosevelt on things that he should consider while planning for his upcoming safari in Africa. He recommends that Roosevelt visit British East Africa rather than German East Africa, because Roosevelt would be more likely to get the game that he wants to hunt there. Buxton also advises Roosevelt on the gear that he should bring, including collapsible stools, tents, and guns. He offers to lend Roosevelt a camera if Kermit Roosevelt would like to practice photography and take pictures on the trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-11
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1898
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
Photograph showing a young man in the foreground folding Theodore Roosevelt’s tent, other men in the background. Taken during Roosevelt’s trip to Africa.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-04
Photograph shows hunter R. J. Cunninghame and Theodore Roosevelt inspecting a skull in front of a tent.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-04-04
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt & Kermit Roosevelt with three eland heads in front of a tent.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1919-05-14
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Photograph shows hunter R. J. Cunninghame, Kermit Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller, and Hugh H. Heatley standing with African buffalo skulls in front of tent.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1919-05-14