Leonard Wood lays cornerstone of Roosevelt House, 1921 /

On Jan. 6, 1921, the restoration of TR's birthplace by the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association is officially begun with the laying of the Roosevelt House cornerstone. Views of crowds pressing around platform; Major General Leonard Wood, TR's longtime friend and political associate, preparing to set stone in place; Corinne Robinson, TR's sister and a frequent participant in Roosevelt House activities, speaking to assembled crowd. Woman seated on platform is Mrs. John Henry Hammond, president of the WRMA.
Appearing: General Leonard Wood, Corinne Robinson, Mrs. John Henry Hammond.
Duration: 0:17 at 18 fps.
Includes flash interior titles.
Photographed January 6, 1921 in New York City.
Originally part of a Pathé News newsreel.
Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory number RMA 307-04-13.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owner: Roosevelt Memorial Association.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.
Sources used: Roosevelt House bulletin. v. 3, no. 1, 1927, p. 2; The Roosevelt quarterly. v. 10, no. 4, 1933; The Theodore Roosevelt Association...catalog, p. 39.