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Washington, D.C., circa 1931. "Longworth, Paulina, with parents." Paulina (1925-1957), last seen here with her mother Alice Roosevelt Longworth, oldest daughter of Teddy, is now joined by her legal father, House Speaker Nicholas Longworth. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
What a sad picture. Alice looks totally uninvolved, as if she was sitting next to two strangers on a train while little Paulina looks like she's empty of feelings.
Alice's hands say it all. Too bad she couldn't have reached out to Paulina a bit. What was that Tolstoy said about unhappy families?
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