    
Title: Theodore Roosevelt Description: Theodore Roosevelt (AKA: Teddy; T.R.; October 27, 1858-January 6, 1919), shown as the presidential candidate of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party; 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;" Location: Oyster Bay, New York, 1912 Category: U.S. Presidents Keywords: chief executives, heads of government, heads of state, highest political officials, military leaders, paintings, politicians, presidents of the U.S., U.S. presidents, world leaders. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2325 x 1811 (4.21 MPixels) (1.28) Print Size: 19.7 x 15.3 cm; 7.8 x 6.0 inches File Size: 12.06 MB (12,646,440 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000037093 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
