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Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

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Uncle Sam: “What particular country threatens us, Theodore?”

Uncle Sam: “What particular country threatens us, Theodore?”

President Roosevelt holds “the big stick” and sits on cannons as Uncle Sam looks through a monocular. Beside Uncle Sam is an “Uncle Sam debt collector” bag. In the background is an angel of “peace” and a sign that reads, “Roosevelt Monroe Doctrine—’Scat’!!!” There are a number of battleships in the water.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-12

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

We need those clothes badly, Mr. Roosevelt

We need those clothes badly, Mr. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt shakes hands with William Jennings Bryan, who stands beside a shabbily-dressed  “Democratic” woman wearing attire labeled “Bryan’s coat.” Roosevelt holds a number of new, fancier, pieces of clothing, including a “federal license for corporations” dress, “Democratic principles” and “fixed rates” ribbons, “Sherman Law” shoes, and “anti trust law” and “anti rebate law” stockings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-27

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

Trying to warp her off

Trying to warp her off

Two men struggle to keep a small boat in rough waters from foundering against the “Administration Light,” a lighthouse in the shape of Theodore Roosevelt’s face. The larger man is J. P. “Morgan.” The smaller man, James J. “Hill,” holds a rope in the form of a ticker tape labeled the “New York Stock Market.” In the rough waters are both “undigested securities” and “circuit court decisions.” The flag hoisted on the mast is labeled with a dollar sign.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-04-16

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

Who throw’d that cracker?

Who throw’d that cracker?

President Roosevelt holds the Door of Hope open with Dr. Crum preparing to walk through it holding his federal appointment. A large firecracker is going off, letting out social equality and “negro supremacy” as two men skip away from the explosive, one labeled Rockefeller and the other T. C. P. Item is regarding the appointment of African Americans to federal posts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-04

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909