Postcard of carvings in wood
A postcard depicting initials and messages carved into a wooden plank.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Your TR Source
Mike Thompson Collection
The Mike Thompson Theodore Roosevelt Postcard Collection was formed while Thompson worked on his book, The Travels and Tribulations of Theodore Roosevelt’s Cabin. He found the postcards in private collections, antique shops, and on eBay. Thompson believes that for a period of time the Roosevelt cabin was one of the major tourist attractions in North Dakota. His book gives a detailed account of the cabin.
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Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt
A postcard featuring an embossed, uncolored portrait of Theodore Roosevelt and his birth year, 1858, on the front. Handwritten in pencil on the back in the lower left is “A M Aman Mother.”
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
1901-1912
Creator(s)
Graffiti on Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin
A close-up, color photograph of graffiti, the numbers 9 and 6, carved into Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Graffiti on Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin
A close-up, color photograph of graffiti carved on the lintel of Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Graffiti on Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin
A close-up, color photograph of graffiti on Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin. In addition to carvings in the wood, this image features what appears to be initials with small pegs.
Creator(s)
Publication Date
2017-07-06
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Graffiti on Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin
A close-up, color photograph of graffiti carved on Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Graffiti on Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin
A close-up, color photograph of graffiti on the lintel of Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin
A close-up, color photograph of the corner joints of Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin. Graffiti can be seen carved into the top two logs between the window and the corner of the building.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Graffiti on Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin
A close-up, color photograph of graffiti carved into Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Postcard of the door of the Maltese Cross Cabin with carved graffiti
A color postcard of the wooden door of the Maltese Cross Cabin, with initials and names carved into it.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Postcard of carvings in wood plank
A colored postcard depicting initials and names carved into a wooden blank, possibly on the side of a building.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Postcard of initials E. S. in nails
The colored postcard depicts the initials E. S. formed by nails hammered into wood.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Postcard depicting landscape at original Roosevelt cabin site
A colored postcard depicting the original site of Theodore Roosevelt’s cabin. A wooden fence is in the foreground. Behind the fence are trees and a rock formation.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
United States Capitol at Washington
A full color postcard featuring two ovals of President Roosevelt on either side of the United States Capitol building. A short historical biography of Roosevelt appears on the bottom of the card: “Theodore Roosevelt Born in New York 1858. Governor of New York, 1899-1900. Vice-President, 1901. President, September 14, 1901. Re-elected, 1904.”
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
1906
Creator(s)
Postcard of original Maltese Cabin site
Colored photograph of the original site of Theodore Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Cabin near Medora, North Dakota. A wooden sign marks the original site. Prairie and rock formations are in the background, along with a wooden fence.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Postcard depicting landscape
A colored postcard featuring a landscape. A barbed wire fence is in the foreground, in front of a vast stretch of prairie grass and a few trees. In the background is a forest in front of a large rock formation.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
Unknown
Creator(s)
Scenic highway #10
A full color linen quality postcard with typed black print on the top of the card front: “Scenic Highway #10, near Medora, in the Bad Lands of North Dakota.”
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
1930-1945
Creator(s)
Roosevelt cabin, on the State Capitol grounds
Postcard of gate entrance to Roosevelt cabin in Bismarck, ND
Photograph postcard depicting the gate entrance to the Roosevelt cabin when it was located in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
1924-1959
Creator(s)
Postcard from Thelma Ebenhahn Baisch and J. Carroll Baisch to Stella Clara Pfeiffer Baisch
Color postcard depicting Theodore Roosevelt’s cabin in Bismarck, North Dakota. On the back, Thelma and J. Carroll Baisch write to the latter’s mother that they are planning to go through Montana tomorrow. Everything so far has looked very dry.
Collection
Mike Thompson Collection
Creation Date
1931-06-15
Creator(s)
Baisch, Thelma Ebenhahn, 1907-2006; Baisch, J. Carroll (John Carroll), 1903-1980