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Alice had married and moved out by this time, which was probably a relief to Pres. Roosevelt: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Roosevelt_Longworth

"Colonel" in 1914, five years after leaving the White House? Interesting. "After his return to civilian life, Roosevelt preferred to be known as "Colonel Roosevelt" or "The Colonel." As a moniker, "Teddy" remained much more popular with the general public, despite the fact he found it vulgar and called it "an outrageous impertinence." [47] Political friends and others working closely with Roosevelt customarily addressed him by his rank." -- Wikipedia

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Former President Theodore Roosevelt stands on the deck of the steamship Aidan, in New York harbor, on May 19, 1914. The ship had docked minutes earlier, after returning Roosevelt from an eight-month ordeal in South America where, with his son Kermit and others, he had explored a hitherto unknown river through the Amazon jungle -- called "The River of Doubt," but afterwards named "Rio Roosevelt." The harrowing adventure was told recently in the bestselling book "The River of Doubt," (2006) by Candice Millard. Here's another Bain/LOC portrait of T.R., taken at the same time but filed out of sequence:

Ein fantastisches Bild.

Thank you Wystan, for providing the context of this image - Roosevelt's return from South America. We will add some of the information to the description when we update.

This time range puts him after his terms as president had ended.

James Rudolph Garfield (1865-1950) was a son of the assassinated U. S. President James Abram Garfield. An Ohio lawyer and politician, he was Secretary of the Interior under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1907-09. He was a strong supporter of Roosevelt's (unsuccesful) 1912 bid for a third term as President, on the Progressive Party ticket. In the fall of 1914, when this photo was taken, Garfield was running for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio on the Progressive ticket. Former President Roosevelt, recently returned from a harrowing exploration of the Amazon jungle, apparently was campaigining for him. (Garfield lost the election.) Wikipedia on James Rudolph Garfield: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rudolph_Garfield Arthur L. Garford, millionaire Ohio industrialist, was born in Elyria, Ohio -- near Cleveland, Garfield's home town. In 1892, Garford patented an improved bicycle saddle: a padded seat for the new "safety" bicycles, with much more comfort that the primitive seats on the old high-wheelers. Soon his company was selling a million bicycle seats a year. In the early 1900s, he partnered with Studebaker to manufacture an automobile, the Studebaker-Garford, but it ceased production in 1911. Garford may have been in this photo because he was bankrolling Garfield's political bid.

Wystan: Thanks for providing us with full names for these men. We'll include this information next time we update.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lovett_Garford

The picture was cut, as can be seen by the sign, and Garfield was placed closer to Roosevelt.