Theodore Roosevelt Picture Restored

A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, probably taken during his 1904 presidential campaign, was hand-tinted, reproduced as a poster, and framed.  Most likely it hung for many years in a school class room somewhere.

When I acquired it, the frame was dirty and the glass had a six-inch crack across the lower right corner.  The backing board was a piece of (very acidic) corrugated cardboard.  One day, the picture fell from my office wall and the glass shattered.

I carefully removed the print and sprayed both sides of it with. Krylon Acid Free.  I cleaned the frame.  A local gallery re-mounted the picture in the original frame with an acid free back board and non-reflective museum glass.  The well-protected 18-inch by 22-inch framed picture again hangs in my office, looking much liked it did in that class room.