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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt
Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919
Date
1910
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 7.8 × 13.4 cm (3 1/16 × 5 1/4")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Exterior
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
Architecture\Building
Human Figures\Crowd
Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States
Theodore Roosevelt: Male
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York
Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US
Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US
Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian
Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher
Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joanna Sturm
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.81.173
Exhibition Label
Born New York City
On Labor Day 1910, President Theodore Roosevelt addressed more than ten thousand people during the laying of the cornerstone ceremony for the Fargo College Library, which housed the first Carnegiefunded library in North Dakota. Roosevelt was regarded as the state’s honorary son because of the time he spent ranching near Medora, North Dakota, in the 1880s.
The president began his speech praising the state for its role in his unofficial education: “North Dakota gave me my post-graduate course.” Further, he argued for the well-being of the worker, stating, “The nation’s first consideration should be the average man’s welfare and if it isn’t this it should be and shall be. With this we should give the exceptional man the chance to achieve that which he alone can achieve. The best possible means shall be given to all men to allow them to show what is in themselves.”
Nacido en la Ciudad de Nueva York
El Día del Trabajo de 1910, el presidente Theodore Roosevelt habló ante más de diez mil personas durante la colocación de la primera piedra de la Biblioteca de Fargo College, primera auspiciada por Carnegie en Dakota del Norte. A Roosevelt se le consideraba hijo honorario de dicho estado por su época de ranchero cerca de la ciudad de Medora en la década de 1880.
El presidente comenzó su discurso agradeciendo la educación informal que recibió en aquella región: “Dakota del Norte me dio un curso de posgrado”. También abogó por el bienestar de los trabajadores: “La primera consideración de la nación debe ser el bienestar del hombre promedio, y si no lo es, debería serlo y lo será. Con esto daríamos al hombre excepcional la oportunidad de lograr lo que solo él puede lograr. Todos los hombres tendrán los mejo es recursos posibles para demostrar de qué son capaces”.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view