Person/Organization: Roosevelt, Theodore
Item 158
Theodore Roosevelt, Portland, 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902-08-26 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 21693
Teddy Roosevelt Banner, ca. 1904
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1904 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
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Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
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Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.
