Before the “most interesting man in the world” was an advertising maxim, the phrase most befit Ernest Hemingway, and before Hemingway, the mantle was held by Theodore Roosevelt. A statesman, sportsman, conservationist, hunter, pugilist, author, rancher, cavalryman, and eventually, President of the United States, the “Bull Moose” was one of the most influential Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is literally on the Mount Rushmore of most admired and highly respected US Presidents. Roosevelt was “of the manor born” to an “upper crust” New York family, and given the finest Ivy League education “old money” could buy. Even so, he faced myriad challenges through his storied life, from a sickly childhood plagued by intense asthma, to the death of his wife and mother on the same day in the same house (in unrelated incidents) in early adulthood. Those losses drove him to venture west into the Dakota Badlands in the mid-1880s to hunt and ranch, and ultimately, seek solace. Challenged on occasion by “badmen” and fellow cowpunchers for his bespectacled appearance and high brow demeanor, his seeming weakness belied a tough, proud, and hard nosed individual, and his foes were often left either unconscious or at the least tamed. In the end, the rugged living and ample opportunity for hunting game in the Badlands helped, as Lincoln would say, “assuage the anguish of his bereavement”, and though Roosevelt’s ranching venture didn’t prove to be financially successful (in fact he lost a bit of money), the experience was a massive boon to his spirit. Through it all, Roosevelt always believed in strengthening himself physically and emotionally through strenuous exercise and outdoor activity, and lived by his mantra, “speak softly but carry a big stick”. After gaining worldwide fame by leading his volunteer cavalry regiment, the “Rough Riders”, up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, he became the 26th President just after the turn of the century. This Vintage Original 12” x 10” Photograph Of Sitting US President Theodore Roosevelt, Taken By Alexander Pach NYC, Framed Picture is in Very Good condition, with moderate scattered tearing and tape repairing to the brown paper backing, and with some scattered age wear evident. Most interestingly, it measures 12” x 10”, remains elegantly framed, and depicts then sitting US President Theodore Roosevelt. It was taken by Alexander Pach (1863-1938) of New York City, who was deaf from childhood but worked with the family’s photography firm for most of his life and was highly sought after by notables of the day. It carries “President Theodore Roosevelt / Photographed by / Alexander Pach - / Deaf Photographer of / New York City” hand marked in pencil along the brown paper backing, features a hanging wire at the upper back, and is a fine example of a rare, original Vintage Original 12” x 10” Photograph Of Sitting US President Theodore Roosevelt, Taken By Alexander Pach NYC, Framed Picture. A short history of the Pach Brothers photography firm is included with this photo.