TR in New Mexico, 1916 / - Public domain portrait print

On Oct. 23, 1916, Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes and assails the Wilson administration in Albuquerque, N.M. A young woman rides on horseback carrying a bouquet of flowers. There is an auto parade. Roosevelt passes by in an open touring car. Seated next to him is a man who appears to be Albert B. Fall, one of New Mexico's first U.S. Senators (1912-1921) and later secretary of the interior until exposure of his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.
There are long and close-up shots of Roosevelt seated on a stone pillar in front of the Alvarado Hotel in downtown Albuquerque, as he amiably talks with men gathered around him, including Sen. Fall, with cigar in hand, and George Curry, the tall man in a light hat, former territorial governor of New Mexico (1907-1911) and U.S. Representative (1912-1913). There is a long shot of Roosevelt speaking to a large crowd from a narrow platform in front of the Alvarado Hotel. Two young women on horseback bring flowers to Roosevelt.
Appearing: President Theodore Roosevelt, Albert B. Fall, George Curry.
Duration: 1:07 at 16 fps.
Photographed on October 23, 1916 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
May have originally been part of a newsreel.
Roosevelt Memorial Association inventory number RMA 307-03-10.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: LC Prints & Photographs Division portrait file; Albuquerque journal, October 23, 1916, p. 8; Coan, Charles F. A history of New Mexico, 1925, v. 1, p. 500; Twitchell, Ralph E. The leading facts of New Mexican history, 1963, v. 2, p. 563; Fitzpatrick, George and Caplin, Harvey. Albuquerque, 1975, p. 62-63; [Hening, Horace B.] Albuquerque, New Mexico, [1908].
Collection transferred to LC from National Park Service in 1967. Previous owners: Roosevelt Memorial Association; Pathe.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association film collection : a catalog / prepared by Wendy White-Henson and Veronica M. Gillespie. Library of Congress, 1986.