- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Archibald Butt
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-127689
- Date of Original:
- 1909
- Subject:
- United States. Army--Officers
Journalists--Washington (D.C.)
Political consultants--Washington (D.C.)
Military uniforms
United States. Army--Uniforms
Butt, Archibald Willingham, 1866-1912 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- After beginning a career in journalism, Augusta native Archibald Butt found success in the army, eventually attaining the rank of major. He is perhaps best known for his role as military aide to U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
Image of a portrait of Major Archibald Butt wearing his United States Army uniform. A native of Augusta, Georgia, Butt was a journalist, U.S. Army officer, and military aide to U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. During his tenure of service to President Taft, Butt perished in the sinking of the Titanic. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/archibald-butt-1865-1912/m-10575/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/archibald-butt-1865-1912
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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