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Collection: Cornell University Political Americana Collection

ID Number: 2214.BB0214

Title: Theodore Roosevelt Metal Portrait Clock Frame, ca. 1900-1904

Date Made: ca. 1900-1904

Party: Republican

Election: 1900; 1904

Item Count: 1

Classification: Sculpture; Metalwork

Object Type: Portraits; Stands (Support furniture)

Measurements: Clock Frame: 10 x 8 1/4 in.; 25.4 x 20.955 cm

Materials & Techniques: Cast iron; Painting (Coating)

Notes: Silver-painted standing cast iron clock frame with circular opening allowing insertion of clock. Equestrian portrait of Theodore Roosevelt dressed in Spanish-American war "rough rider" uniform. Molded letters on reverse read "PAT / APLD" (i.e., patent applied for). Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates clock frame to the 1900 Presidential campaign, although it also could date to the 1904 campaign. Item 2214.BB0277 is identical save that it does not have an opening for a clock.

Subjects: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919); Portraits; Equestrian portraits; Soldiers; Uniforms; Animals; Horses; Spanish-American War; Politics; Promotional materials

Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214?Rare & Manuscript Collections?Cornell University Library?Cornell University

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