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Artist:
Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950  Search this
Sitter:
Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919  Search this
Unidentified Man  Search this
William Henry Moody, 23 Dec 1853 - 02 Jul 1917  Search this
George Cooper Pardee, 25 Jul 1857 - 01 Sep 1941  Search this
Presley Marion Rixey, 14 Jul 1852 - 17 Jun 1928  Search this
John Muir, 21 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1914  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler, 2 Apr 1862 - 7 Dec 1947  Search this
William Loeb Jr., 09 Oct 1866 - 19 Sep 1937  Search this
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, 15 Jul 1854 - 02 May 1927  Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver prints (stereograph)
Dimensions:
Image/Sight (each): 7.6 × 7.8 cm (3 × 3 1/16")
Mat: 12.8 × 20.6 × 1 cm (5 1/16 × 8 1/8 × 3/8")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\California\Mariposa\Mariposa Grove
Date:
1903
Exhibition Label:
On May 15, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919; fourth from left) camped with naturalist John Muir (1838–1914; fourth from right) beneath the “Grizzly Giant,” the most famous giant sequoia tree in California’s Mariposa Grove. Afterward, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to add Mariposa Grove to Yosemite National Park (1906).
This effort was but one piece of Roosevelt’s bold conservationist agenda. He established the U.S. Forest Service (1905) to manage forest reserves and signed into law the Antiquities Act (1906), granting the president authority to designate national monuments. In 1908, Roosevelt cast conservationism as patriotic: “The conservation of our natural resources … is yet but part of … the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the Nation.” He ultimately established 150 national forests, over fifty federal bird and wildlife refuges, eighteen national monuments, and five national parks. These federally protected places were not untouched wildernesses but the ancestral homelands of forcibly displaced Native peoples.
El 15 de mayo de 1903, el presidente Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919; cuarto desde la izquierda) acampó con el naturalista John Muir (1838–1914; cuarto desde la derecha) bajo el “Grizzly Gigante”, la secuoya gigante más famosa del bosque Mariposa en California. Luego Roosevelt convencería al Congreso de incorporar el bosque Mariposa al Parque Nacional Yosemite (1906).
Esta gestión fue apenas una parte de la audaz agenda conservacionista de Roosevelt, quien esta bleció el Servicio Forestal de EE.UU. (1905) para administrar las reservas forestales y firmó la Ley de Antigüedades (1906) que autorizaba al presidente a designar monumentos nacionales. En 1908 vinculó la conservación con el patriotismo: “La conservación de nuestros recursos naturales [...] es parte [...] del deber patriótico de garantizar la seguridad y continuidad de la Nación”. Roosevelt estableció un total de 150 bosques nacionales, más de 50 refugios federales de aves y vida silvestre, 18 monumentos nacionales y 5 parques nacionales. Estas áreas bajo protección federal no eran naturaleza intacta, sino tierras ances trales de pueblos nativos desplazados por la fuerza.
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this
Exterior\Forest  Search this
Costume\Footwear\Boots  Search this
Photographic format\Stereograph  Search this
Unidentified Man: Male  Search this
William Henry Moody: Male  Search this
William Henry Moody: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this
William Henry Moody: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy  Search this
William Henry Moody: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice  Search this
Benjamin Ide Wheeler: Male  Search this
Benjamin Ide Wheeler: Education and Scholarship\Educator  Search this
Benjamin Ide Wheeler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University president  Search this
George Cooper Pardee: Male  Search this
George Cooper Pardee: Politics and Government\Governor\California  Search this
George Cooper Pardee: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Oakland, CA  Search this
John Muir: Male  Search this
John Muir: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this
John Muir: Literature\Writer\Magazine article writer  Search this
John Muir: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this
John Muir: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this
John Muir: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist  Search this
John Muir: Literature\Writer\Nature writer  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Male  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Male  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Literature\Writer  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University president  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Politics and Government\Government official\Presidential Advisor  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Philosopher  Search this
Nicholas Murray Butler: Nobel Prize  Search this
Presley Marion Rixey: Male  Search this
Presley Marion Rixey: Medicine and Health\Physician\Surgeon  Search this
Presley Marion Rixey: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Rear Admiral  Search this
Presley Marion Rixey: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Navy physician  Search this
William Loeb Jr.: Male  Search this
William Loeb Jr.: Politics and Government\Public official\Secretary  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.80.82
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism
On View:
NPG, North Gallery 220
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45b04541d-b96a-45e5-b08a-459c041c7799
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.80.82