Auction Date:2012 Aug 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Enormous vintage matte-finish 15.5 x 19.5 photo of Roosevelt in his military ‘Rough Riders’ uniform, affixed to its original 18 x 23.5 mount, signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the mount, as president, “To Captain John Means Thompson 9th Regiment N. G. N. Y. With the best wishes of Theodore Roosevelt Sept. 7th 1907.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 28.5 x 34.5. Some professional touch-ups to black background, a few trivial spots to mount, and some scattered light silvering to image, otherwise fine condition.
When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Roosevelt promptly resigned from his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to form the Rough Riders, a volunteer cavalry regiment that was sent to fight in Cuba shortly after forming. Of three such regiments, his was the only one that saw action, most notably at the Battle of San Juan Hill, his actions in which earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor: he remains the only president of the United States to be awarded America's highest military honor. As his military achievement propelled him towards the White House, he continued to look back on that battle as ‘the great day of [his] life,’ and expressed profound pride in the efforts of his troops. This amazing photograph of Roosevelt standing tall in his Rough Riders uniform is inscribed to a captain in the 9th Regiment N. G. N. Y, another division that saw heavy action during the Spanish-American War. Signed as president, with the affection of one soldier to another, this striking photo captures the heart of Roosevelt ‘The Colonel’ and is by far the finest we have ever offered.
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