Former President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) and other members of his expedition party from the Smithsonian Roosevelt African Expedition stand next to an American flag. Roosevelt is standing to the left of the flag with his head to the side. Other men in the image include Kermit Roosevelt, Edgar Alexander Mearns, and John Alden Loring. On this trip, Roosevelt collected natural history specimens for the United States National Museum (now National Museum of Natural History) and live animals for the National Zoological Park
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Short title
SIA2009-1371
Date and time of data generation
19 March 2009
Headline
Members of Theodore Roosevelt's Smithsonian African Expedition standing next to an American flag
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Acc 000095, Box 56, Folder 10
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Acc 000095, Box 56, Folder 10; "Members of Theodore Roosevelt's Smithsonian African Expedition standing next to an American flag. Roosevelt is standing to the left of the flag with his head to the side. Other men in the image include Kermit Roosevelt, Edgar Alexander Mearns, and John Alden Loring. The image was taken on Theodore Roosevelt's Smithsonian African Expedition. In 1909 he led an expedition party for the Smithsonian to Africa. On this trip, Roosevelt collected natural history specimens for the United States National Museum (now National Museum of Natural History) and live animals for the National Zoological Park."