Picture biography of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association

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A photographic look at the
CHILDHOOD
of Theodore Roosevelt

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	Four year old "Teedie" Theodore Roosevelt in 1862. TR suffered greatly from asthma causing him to be sick frequently.
	At at eleven Theodore visited Paris where this photo was taken in 1870. At first his illness (asthma) kept him from strenuous exercise. Later he would "make his body" and become strong.
	About eighteen years old Theodore Roosevelt (top left) with brother Elliott, sister Corinne and family friend Edith (who would later become his second wife). The look of the eyes and the brow are the same, but the body of TR here, around 1876, is now much stronger, the product of a home gym his father had created for him.
Now a young man, Theodore Roosevelt began his "classroom" education at Harvard, in Cambridge Massachusetts. His early schooling had been primarily from a governess in individual or small group settings. As a boy Roosevelt had attended school for a short period, but his health prevented normal schooling for much of the time. At Cambridge he would meet some life long friends and colleagues. [Dec 1876]
TR had become quite athletic by the time he reached Harvard. Here he appears in his sculling outfit. Rowing and boxing were two of the "organized" sports in which TR participated. When skating with friends, Theodore was still out on the ice long after everyone else had quit from cold and fatigue. [circa 1877]