Collection Presidential Retreats
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
The Roosevelts piled into their landau carriages for a drive through Rock Creek valley.
- Artist
- George Varian
- Date of Work
- December 1903
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
The Roosevelts piled into their landau carriages for a drive through Rock Creek valley.
The Roosevelts piled into their landau carriages for a drive through Rock Creek valley, 1903 Ladies Home Journal, December 1903.
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