Carte de visite signée, à en tête de la Maison blanche.

Name: Carte de visite signée, à en tête de la Maison blanche.
SKU: 29137
Author: Theodore Roosevelt

1 card (90 x 50 mm) printed in blue “White House, Washington.”

A fine signature in black ink, on a calling card reading “The White House, Washington” — the first of its kind, and still in use today: it was in fact Theodore Roosevelt who officially gave the presidential residence this name. Before that date it had been called “Executive Mansion,” then “President’s Palace.”

The 25th and 26th president of the United States, Roosevelt had served as Governor of New York, then as Vice President of the United States following the 1900 presidential election. Six months after taking office as vice president, he succeeded President William McKinley, who had been assassinated, becoming at age 42 the youngest president in the history of the United States — a record that still stands today.

He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.

Theodore Roosevelt is regarded as one of the greatest American presidents; his likeness appears on Mount Rushmore alongside Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. A fervent advocate of nature conservation, he promoted the creation of 150 national forests, made the Grand Canyon a national monument in 1908, along with 17 other sites, and also established 51 bird reserves: nearly 230 million acres were set aside for conservation during his presidency. A national park in North Dakota now bears his name.

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