Big game
President Roosevelt greets Kermit Roosevelt after they both went hunting. The president carries two dead “war” dogs while Kermit holds a bear carcass.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-01
Your TR Source
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949
[Elihu Root returns to Washington]
President Roosevelt shakes hands with Elihu Root as Uncle Sam watches. Roosevelt has his hand on a “Dept. of State” chair while Root holds a suitcase that has “New York” and “Washington” crossed out several times and a final “Washington” that is not crossed out. A Teddy bear behind Roosevelt drinks from a mug of “Root Beer.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-08
Creator(s)
Panama Canal project
President Roosevelt pushes an elephant that carries a “Panama Canal project” box. Uncle Sam watches and says, “The right man is behind it!”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-25
Creator(s)
“Time”
“Russia” and “Japan” stand in the boxing ring. Japan is not hurt while Russia has several bandages and his arm in a sling. President Roosevelt watches from the side and puts his hand up to indicate “stop.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-14
Creator(s)
We must not neglect our child
A “standpatter” points to an “American industries” baby in a cradle and tells President Roosevelt, “We must not neglect our child.” In the background, Uncle Sam carries a “Panama Canal Cream Fund” to the “foreign market.” A Republican elephant sits beside the cradle.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-04
Creator(s)
Standpatters’ nightmare
A standpatter wakes up sweating and sees a “free trade” ghost shaking Uncle Sam.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-20
Creator(s)
Fear or hope?
President Roosevelt holds a “trust problem” blackboard and a piece of chalk. William Jennings Bryan looks on and says, “I fear he cannot solve it.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-17
Creator(s)
Hearing all about it
President Roosevelt holds up two fingers and talks to his cabinet: Secretary of State John Hay, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor H. Metcalf. There is a bear skin with two holes on the wall.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-14
Creator(s)
[Welcome to the White House]
President Roosevelt points to the White House, which has four bear pelts on it. Uncle Sam and a patriotic lady bow toward it.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-12
Creator(s)
Elephantine growth
President Roosevelt carries several bear carcasses on his back as he walks up to the White House gates. A “treasury deficit” elephant greets him and says, “I, too, have been busy.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-11
Creator(s)
The president’s dream
A number of bears dressed up in suits greet President Roosevelt, who has a rifle over his shoulder. One bear holds a “reception committee” flag while the “chairman” holds a “speech of welcome.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-04-22
Creator(s)
A Colorado greeting
Several bears wearing snowshoes greet President Roosevelt, who holds a rifle. They say, “The pleasure is all ours, Mr. President!”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-04-16
Creator(s)
Said the stork to the eagle
A stork holds a card with President Roosevelt’s face on it and a message that reads, “Sincere regards, T. Roosevelt.” The stork shows it to an eagle as they both stand right in front of the White House.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-03-19
Creator(s)
The square-deal club
President Roosevelt sits at a table with an elephant and a donkey playing cards. Roosevelt hands one card to the elephant, which is sweating. On the wall is a sign that reads, “The square-deal club.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-03-12
Creator(s)
[T.R.’s railroad rebate special]
A Republican elephant sweats as he tries to remove a “senatorial opposition” rock in front of the “R.R. Rebate Special” train driven by President Roosevelt. A cow labeled “beef trust” is upside down with an arrow through its stomach while the donkey on the train says, “Get busy, Bolivar!”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-12
Creator(s)
Rebate bill
President Roosevelt holds up a “rebate bill” to a Republican elephant. A Democratic donkey looks on and says, “That’s a good thing.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-10
Creator(s)
Oregon hunting grounds
President Roosevelt holds a rifle as he and Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who holds a “U.S. game bag,” walk on the “Oregon Hunting Grounds” toward the “big game section.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-02
Creator(s)
Wanted–a pair of pruning shears
Uncle Sam and President Roosevelt look at a “tariff hedge” while Uncle Sam shows Roosevelt a picture of a cleaned tariff hedge with the caption: “as it should be.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-02
Creator(s)
Delighted to have you skate with us
President Roosevelt, holding the big stick, and the “Republican Party” skate on the “electoral college pond” outside the United States Capitol building. “Southern (and lonely) democracy” looks on, as the “Republican Party” says, “Delighted to have you skate with us.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-10
Creator(s)
Why they give thanks
In one vignette, Henry Gassaway Davis puts his hand on West Virginia Senator Stephen B. Elkins’s shoulder. Caption: Mr. Davis—That it’s all in the family. In the second, an elephant holds President Roosevelt’s hold “to victory.” Caption: G.O.P.—That it had a strenuous leader. In the third, William Jennings Bryan sits by a grave with a headstone that reads, “Safe & Sane Democrat 1904.” Caption: Mr. Bryan—That it wasn’t his friends. In the fourth, Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell stands by “national esteem” wreaths outside the “White House.” Caption: Mr. Cockrell—That it’s an ill wind, etc. In the fifth, Henry Watterson sits in a rocking chair on a boat bound for Europe. Caption: Mr. Watterson—That there’s another country. In the sixth, a badly beaten donkey stands up by a sign that reads, “Under no circumstances will I again be a candidate for the presidency. T. Roosevelt.” Caption: Democracy—That there’s a ray of sunshine.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-24