Real Photo Postcard: Roosevelt in REO

Description:

An unused real photo postcard showing President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt rode with MAC President Jonathan Snyder and inventor Ransom E. Olds in a REO Motor Car down east Michigan Avenue to campus. Roosevelt is sitting in the back seat of the car with Snyder. Olds is driving the car. Beside Olds is William Loeb, Roosevelt's secretary. Roosevelt gave the commencement address at the 50th anniversary of MAC (Michigan State University) in East Lansing, Michigan. A streetcar is visible in the background. Added in ink to the blank right panel of the postcard is the text "When I had the pleasure of giving Theodore Roosevelt a ride in a Reo Car."

Data Provider:

Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives

Collection:

RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection

Subject Topic:

Anniversaries and Presidents

Language:

English

Rights:

Copyright Not Evaluated

URL:

http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53BAEC64-81CB-42DE-B579-527054076994