In a newly-acquired photograph album that belonged to the family of Theodore Roosevelt, we discovered this delightful, undated, image of a Roosevelt family jack-o-lantern, sitting on the porch at Sagamore Hill.
The pumpkin seems to be sporting not only a pince-nez, but also a handsome mustache, suggesting that perhaps it’s in costume.
[Heather Cole, Assistant Curator of Modern Books & Manuscripts and Curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, contributed this post.]
With the eyeglasses and all, don’t you think this is supposed to be a self portrait of TR, himself?
Bully!
Wonderful find!