Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in the same photo

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/11/09/teddy-roosevelt-and-abraham-lincoln-in-the-same-photo/

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  • National Archives blog post identifying TR as a child in Lincoln’s 1865 funeral procession photo
  • Photo taken from a Manhattan building window showing the cortege passing below
  • TR was ~6 years old; spotted watching from a second-floor window
  • Connects two of America’s most iconic presidents in a single image

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