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President Roosevelt leans on a fence and holds his rifle labeled “law” as he watches the “financial wolf” howl and an “investing public” lamb run away. Caption: Larger animal–“I’ve lost my little pet, and it’s all that cruel man’s fault.”
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1907-11
Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison rides on a roller coaster car on a track that loops in the shape of President Roosevelt’s face and ends at the White House. A sign at the beginning of the roller coaster, pointing back, reads, “Mayor’s Office.” A sign hanging in the center of the loop represents Roosevelt’s mustache and reads, “Don’t Breathe, Please.” Harrison was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1897 to 1905 and from 1911 to 1915.
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1903
President Roosevelt is shown sailing a ship, sitting on a seat labeled “2nd Term.” Senator Hanna has dropped a megaphone labeled “Managership” and is being thrown overboard as the boom, labeled “My Boom – Teddy,” hits him. Caption: Teddy-“Why, Mark, must you be going?”
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1904
President Roosevelt puts “pepper” on some eggs in the skillet that produce a “my letter of acceptance” odor. Alton B. Parker and David B. Hill cover their noses.
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1904-09
Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon brings President Roosevelt a “nomination notice” infant. Roosevelt jumps up and overturns his desk with several items on it: a “try prosperity infant food sample box,” a “no race party suicide” picture frame, and an “I accept. T. Roosevelt” paper.
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1904-07-27
President Roosevelt stands in a log cabin holding a “Supreme Court” knife. On the outside is the hide of a white rhinoceros—”the illegal combine.” William Jennings Bryan watches from behind a fence with a Democratic donkey and several other candidates who hold signs that read “We will skin the trusts,” “We are the only trust busters,” “We are on his track,” and “Down with trusts.” Caption: Chorus of political trust-hunters—”He’s skun! And we were going to spend the whole summer showing how to do it!”
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1904-03-10
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna stands in an “anti-Roosevelt boom” machine while J. Pierpont Morgan pushes him and says, “Let ‘er go, Mark.” The “Wall St. gang” looks on and prepares to let the machine sitting on a “Wall Street” building and a “brokers’ building” go.
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1904-01
“The naughty trust” has a “Hanna for president” life preserver tied to his back. “The public” stands in the shadows and holds up a shoe.
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1904-01
Illinois Senators Shelby M. Cullom and Albert J. Hopkins attempt to run away from Illinois Governor Richard Yates who holds a “my boom” kite. President Roosevelt stands outside the “White House” garden and invites Cullom and Hopkins into the “private political playground.” Caption: Just like those mean big boys.
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1904-01
President Roosevelt attempts to hang a picture of Carry Amelia Nation in the “White House Pink Room” as several women on a committee give him directions. There are several other pictures with labels around the room: “Down with tea!” “Anti-pie League,” “Coffee fighters,” and “No-candy band.” Caption: Chorus—”Hang it a little higher; no, a little lower; more to the right, please; no, more to the left; no, that’s crooked; hold on, that’s better. Keep it there now while we think about it,” etc., etc., etc.
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1904-01
A “money power” man holds up a big stick that reads “Hanna for 1904” and is about to strike President Roosevelt who sits at his desk and writes on a “plan of campaign 1904.” A handwritten note reads: “Don’t dare to strike. REL.”
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1903-12
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna stands on a “ship subsidy” and holds “my defence of labor” as he attempts to use the Republican elephant’s trunk as a phone, saying, “Central! Hello! Central!” The elephant looks at President Roosevelt who waves, bearing “stories,” “speeches,” “interviews,” and “specimens” and says, “Ah there, Teddy!”
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1903-06
President Roosevelt stands by a pot labeled “campaign of 1904” on the “presidential reservation.” He is flanked by Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt, and Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Stanley Quay who smoke pipes filled with “US plug.” Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna marches forward with his “my boom” gun and pipe.
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1903-06
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna attempts to control an elephant costume that President Roosevelt wears as several men run after it, including Indiana Senators Albert J. Beveridge and Charles W. Fairbanks. The elephant costume has a sign that reads, “GOP campaign of 1904. For Prest: T. Roosevelt. For Vice Prest. ?”
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1903-06
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, in a burglar’s mask, uses an “ambition” stick attempting to pry open the entrance to the “Tomb of Political Hopes,” which he believes to be the White House. He has “plans” in his top hat as well as a bag labeled “M. Hanna. White House.”
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1903-06
President Roosevelt greets a bandaged “Congress” sitting in a wheelchair and holding a sign that reads, “Resolved, that you never touched me! Congress.”
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1909-01-09
“Congress” gets hit with “the come-back punching bag” in the shape of President Roosevelt’s face. In the background are various pain relievers: “first aid to the battered,” “lotion,” “pain relief,” “cordial,” and “salve.” On the ground is a “plaster” and a book entitled “Hitting for Amateurs in 6 Easy Lessons.”
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1909-01-08
The “official public notary” raises his right hand and tells President Roosevelt, who also has his hand raised, “Understand. Anything you say now may be used against you later on.” The “official weigher” and “official measurer” get information about a dead rhinoceros while the “official stenographer” takes notes. There are a gun and a book of “official sworn statements” on the ground.
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1908-12-28
Several African men paint a rhinoceros with “whitewash,” pouring “fixative” on it. Caption: His widely advertised wish to capture a white rhinoceros in Africa may tempt the wily natives to get specimens ready for him.
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1909-01-03
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A woman labeled “Columbia” holds President Roosevelt’s hand as he looks back at two men, “England” and “Russia.” England says, “I’ll show you!” Russia says, “No, you won’t.” Caption: Columbia—”Come right away, Teddy; you have nothing to do with that.”
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1904-11-06