
Teddy, Jr. and Pet Macaw Eli Yale, 1902
Entitled: "Teddy, Jr. and Eli Yale". This photograph shows Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., posed with a blue macaw. Photographed by Francis Benjamin Johnston, June 17, 1902. The Roosevelt children's family of pets included a small bear named Jonathan Edwards; a lizard named Bill; guinea pigs named Admiral Dewey, Dr. Johnson, Bishop Doane, Fighting Bob Evans, and Father O'Grady; Maude the pig; Josiah the badger; Eli Yale the blue macaw; Baron Spreckle the hen; a one-legged rooster; a hyena; a barn owl; Peter the rabbit; and Algonquin the pony. President Roosevelt loved the pets as much as his children did.
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Dimensions
3188 x 4500 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
11 x 15 inches / 27 x 38 cm