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President Roosevelt starts to open a box labeled, “The Facts of Brownsville Affair,” touching “The Lid.” In the foreground is a shadow of Uncle Sam and in the background is a teddy bear with the biblical phrase from the Sermon On the Mount (Matthew 7:7), “Knock and it shall be opened unto you.”
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1906-12-05
The distinctive teddy bears make a visit to Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, who is dressed up in Christmas pajamas. There is a picture on the wall that says, “Yours Truly Dick” along with a toy soldier with the numbers “23 + 2” on it.
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1906-12-25
President Roosevelt hands out rolls of paper labeled “Message” to a line of people heading toward the U.S. Capitol building. William Loeb, with perspiration on his forehead, types on a typewriter in the background.
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1906-12-20
Andrew Carnegie, dressed in a Scottish kilt with a hat labeled “Andru” with the “u” crossed out and replaced with “ew,” looks at a man fallen on the ground labeled “Simplified Spelling Order” kicked down by the U.S. Capitol building. A teddy bear runs off into the distance.
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1906-12-17
William Jennings Bryan stands on a plank labeled “Government Ownership” and watches as Secretary of State Elihu Root jumps in head first to the water labeled “Centralization of Power.” Beside Bryan are the words, “This is as far as I dare go!”
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1906-12-15
President Roosevelt looks on as members of his 1906 cabinet laugh at papers with the heading, “Storer.” One chair is empty, and there are pictures on the wall of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, and Attorney General Philander C. Knox, all from 1901.
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1906-12-13
President Roosevelt holds “the message” football and looks at Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and President Pro Tempore of the Senate William P. Frye, who face one another.
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1906-12-03
In one vignette, “Congress” shaped like Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon looks at President Roosevelt. Caption: That he has three more days of grace. In another, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw hold a paper that reads, “President’s anti-third term declaration.” Caption: That it is irrevocable. In a third vignette, a man with a pickaxe sweats and smiles. Caption: That the president has gone. In the fourth vignette, “Dorsey” looks at a sign that reads, “Dismissal of colored troops—25th Infantry.” Caption: That he wasn’t in it. In the fifth vignette, William Jennings Bryan sits in a chair. Caption: That the N.Y. democracy did so splendidly.
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1906-11-29
President Roosevelt holds a “canal facts” barrel as a teddy bear holds an “inside facts” box with stickers for “Porto Rico,” “Canal zone,” and “Panama.” Canal critics run into the forest.
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1906-11-26
President Roosevelt greets works in the Panama Canal and says, “I am mighty proud of you.”
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1906-11-19
Several men rest in the “canal zone.” The “boss” says, “I may get over it, but I’ll never look the same.” Another man puts a hat over his face and wears a sign, “Don’t wake me up till Xmas!” One man says, “He’s gone!” while another says, “Don’t joke.”
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1906-11-23
President Roosevelt holds a suitcase, binoculars, and a fan as he says, “Now for a Panama peep!” Behind him are several animal pelts: “R.R. rate legislation,” “meat trust victory,” “N.Y. state,” “60th Congress,” and “1st Ohio Dist.”
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1906-11-09
President Roosevelt holds an “ink” bottle and “the message” and marches toward “Pine (K)not.” In the background, cannon balls labeled “N.Y. call for help” assault the White House.
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1906-11-01
President Roosevelt holds a gun as he looks at two turkeys that are tied down in “Pine Knot Preserve.” One turkey says, “Discovered.”
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1906-11-03
President Roosevelt stands at the “canal route” and looks into the trench where people are digging and using pick-axes. There is a sign that reads, “Wanted!! More picks!”
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1906-11-13
Three bees swarm around President Roosevelt: “1st term,” “2nd term,” and “3rd.”
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1906-10-28
President Roosevelt watches as Secretary of War William H. Taft squashes a man with a “revolution” football.
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt holds his hands back and sweats as he watches a fight in “New York” that includes a Republican elephant, a Tammany tiger, William Randolph Hearst, Charles Evans Hughes, and the “Independence League.”
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1906-10-31
President Roosevelt and Secretary of War William H. Taft, who holds a staff with the initials of “SPQR” to symbolize the ancient Roman government, are dressed in ancient Roman attire. Roosevelt offers “Supreme Court” crown to Taft, who pushes it away.
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1906-10-20
President Roosevelt uses binoculars to watch a contentious “New York campaign.” He is sweating as he says, “Who says the president is free to do as he pleases?”
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1906-10-10