Just Days Before His Amazon Expedition, Theodore Roosevelt Signs and Inscribes a Photograph to His Young Namesake
A heartwarming glimpse of TR showing his tender affection for youth.
In October 1913, Theodore Roosevelt began his final great adventure, a trip that would take him deep into the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, from where he and his men would barely escape.
Back then people sometimes named their children after men and women they admired. Notified that he had a namesake, TR sent...
In October 1913, Theodore Roosevelt began his final great adventure, a trip that would take him deep into the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, from where he and his men would barely escape.
Back then people sometimes named their children after men and women they admired. Notified that he had a namesake, TR sent him a signed memento.
Engraved image signed, dated by Roosevelt September 25, 1913. “Good luck to little Theodore Roosevelt Mcrea. Theodore Roosevelt.” We obtained this directly from the recipient’s descendants, and it has never before been offered for sale.
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