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MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT is the President's only child by his first wife who was Miss Alice Lee of Boston. Miss Alice was born in 1884 and was less than three years of age when her father married for the second time. She made her formal debut in society at the White House when between 17 and 18 years old, and since that time has visited all parts of the United States, Hawaii, Porto [Puerto] Rico, Japan, China and the Philippines. On Feb. 17, 1906 she became the wife of Congressman Nicholas Longworth.
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MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT.
MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT is the President's only child by his first wife who was Miss Alice Lee of Boston. Miss Alice was born in 1884 and was less than three years of age when her father married for the second time. She made her formal debut in society at the White House when between 17 and 18 years old, and since that time has visited all parts of the United States, Hawaii, Porto [Puerto] Rico, Japan, China and the Philippines. On Feb. 17, 1906 she became the wife of Congressman Nicholas Longworth.
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)
American
about 1905
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Vertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.8546
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Copyright 1904 by The Photo-Press Wash'n, D.C.
Back: undivided. Used.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2333, "Miss Alice Roosevelt."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Back: undivided. Used.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2333, "Miss Alice Roosevelt."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Marks
Canceled. Sent 1907 From New York, NY to Enfield Center, NH.
InscriptionsYes
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)