    
Title: Theodore Roosevelt Description: Theodore Roosevelt (AKA: Teddy; T.R.; October 27, 1858-January 6, 1919), shown as a caricature in Algeciras in settling a Franco-German squabble in Morocco; Roosevelt was an American politician, military leader and twenty-sixth President of the U.S. (September 14, 1901-March 4, 1909); Roosevelt is best remembered as a reformer whose motto was "speak softly and carry a big stick': he helped to eliminate child labor, improved conditions for American workers, served as a heroic military leader during the Spanish-American War (1898) as a colonel commanding the 1st U.S. Cavalry (Rough Riders), who captured San Juan Hill (awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor); he oversaw the digging of the Panama Canal and sent the Great White Fleet to many foreign waters to show American force as well as negotiated the peace for the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace; Roosevelt was profiled in cameo many times in films, but most notably in a wonderful and incisive study by Brian Keith in the 1975 film The Wind and the Lion;" Category: U.S. Presidents Keywords: Algeciras, Big Stick, caricatures, chief executives, clubs, Franco-German squabbles, heads of government, heads of state, highest political officials, military leaders, Morocco, political cartoons, politicians, presidents of the U.S., Republican elephants, U.S. presidents, war elephants, world leaders. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1800 x 1924 (3.46 MPixels) (1.07) Print Size: 15.2 x 16.3 cm; 6.0 x 6.4 inches File Size: 9.92 MB (10,405,218 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000037087 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
