Ibis Communications, Collection
of Historical Images |
On February 21, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt’s oldest daughter Alice,
was married in an elaborate White House ceremony. Alice had just turned
22. The bridegroom was Nicholas Longworth, a junior congressman from
Ohio. Nineteen years later, Longworth would become Speaker of the House,
serving until his death in 1931. Today, one of the House Office Buildings
on Capitol Hill is named in his honor.
Longworth was something of a playboy and the marriage
was a rocky one. Alice remained in Washington after her
husband’s death becoming a fixture of local society
and often described as “Washington’s other
monument.” She died in 1980 at age 96.
However, on this day, all of this was in the future.
Alice was resplendent in her white satin dress trimmed
with lace handed down from her mother who had died at
her birth. Just before this photo was taken, her train
was carefully arranged by Alice’s cousin and future
President – Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
