Decorated locomotive engine used to transport President Theodore Roosevelt to La Fiesta in Los Angeles, May 8, 1903

Photograph of the decorated locomotive engine used to transport President Theodore Roosevelt to La Fiesta in Los Angeles, May 8, 1903. The steam engine bears an image Roosevelt's own face on the front of its furnace, and is further decorated in an American flag motif; cloth is draped along the sides, and striped ribbon is crisscrossed over the cowcatcher at the front. An American flag is visible in the background, in front of another railcar. Train tracks can be seen to the right.