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Crowds gather outside 4 West 58th Street in Manhattan, the home of Charles B. Alexander and uncle of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. The crowds await the arrival of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor for their wedding reception.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt arrive at 4 West 58th Street, Eleanor’s Uncle Charles Alexander’s home, for their wedding reception.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-20
Article detailing the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-21
Various headlines and articles detailing the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Eleanor Butler Alexander.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-21
Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt arrive at the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt shakes the hand of a police officer.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-20
A cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr., on Roosevelt Jr.’s wedding day. Theodore Roosevelt is pointing at a stork as Ted smiles reassuringly.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
An automobile drives away from the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City on the day of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s wedding as crowds look on.
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1910-06-20
Police officers stand guard as guests enter the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City for the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Alexander.
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1910-06-20
The drawing room at 4 West 58th Street, home of Charles B. Alexander, uncle of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Eleanor and her husband Theodore Roosevelt Jr. had their wedding reception at Alexander’s home.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
The ballroom at 4 West 58th Street in New York City, the home of Charles B. Alexander. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Alexander’s niece, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, received their wedding guests in this room in front of the big tapestry.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
John Sutherland Bonnell, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, writes to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, telling her there is no record of her marriage to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. at the church on June 20, 1910. At the bottom, Roosevelt has written that she did not care for the pastor that was there at the time and her uncle, Charles Beatty Alexander, said there was no reason for him to perform the ceremony. The result was he made no record of the marriage.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1945-03-12
Bonnell, John Sutherland, 1893-1992; Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, 1889-1960
Various photographs from the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Alexander, featured in the picture section of the New York Times.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-26
A page from an unknown magazine featuring pictures of well-known guests at the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Eleanor has handwritten corrections to some of the captions.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-07-15
Former Rough Rider Alexander O. Brodie writes Grace Green Alexander, mother of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, to thank her on behalf of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry for inviting them to the wedding of Eleanor and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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1910-06-29
A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his fiancee Eleanor Butler Alexander leaving the wedding of Snowden A. Fahnestock to Elizabeth Bertron.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06
A magazine presents drawings of Alice Roosevelt’s bridal gown. Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s notation in the scrapbook reads: “All invented by an English magazine.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906
Alice Roosevelt Longworth in her wedding gown. She has inscribed the photograph: With love from Alice.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906
This photograph shows the snuffbox that King Edward VII of Great Britain sent as a wedding present for Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about traveling with her to an upcoming wedding. He also inquires about his polo pony “Pickles.”
1892-05-21
An invitation to the wedding of Mary Butler Green and Elisha M. Fulton Jr. Mrs. Fulton was Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s aunt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1891