Burgert Brothers Collection · 1898

Theodore Roosevelt and fishing party with manta ray at Boca Ciega Bay : St. Petersburg, Fla.

Photograph Order Number PA 259

Theodore Roosevelt and fishing party with manta ray at Boca Ciega Bay : St. Petersburg, Fla. — Burgert Brothers Collection, courtesy Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System

Courtesy, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System

Search the Collection

About this photograph

Photograph Order Number: PA 259
Negative Number: 16959
Date: 1898
Creator: Burgert Brothers
Publisher: Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Date of Photographic Print: 1976 printing
Source (original item): 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. +1 negative (21 x 26 cm.)
Format: JPEG2000
General Notes: The Caples Company commissioned the photo. (Copied January 26, 1926).; Alternative location identification and dating: Punta Gorda, Florida; April of 1917.; The following articles support the above identification:; Harpooning the Devilfish, Scribner's Magazine, September of 1917.; Roosevelt Arrives Home, The New York Times, April 4th, 1917, page 14.

Subjects

Presidents Fishing Manta rays Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.Colio, Russell J.Boca Ciega Bay (Fla.)

More from the 1890s

Franklin Street, parade of soldiers with band and spectators : Tampa, Fla.

Franklin Street, parade of soldiers with band and spectators : Tampa, Fla.

Crowd of people watching Mr. Berry and Mr. Morrison settling election bet on Franklin Street in front of courthouse : Tampa, Fla.

Crowd of people watching Mr. Berry and Mr. Morrison settling election bet on Fr…

Boaters on Hillsborough River near Sulphur Springs : Tampa, Fla.

Boaters on Hillsborough River near Sulphur Springs : Tampa, Fla.

Artillery camp soldiers attending horses at Port Tampa City during the Spanish American War : Port Tampa City, Fla.

Artillery camp soldiers attending horses at Port Tampa City during the Spanish…