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President Roosevelt, with “the big stick” and “my policies” bag, shakes hands with William Jennings Bryan, who holds “big stick no. 2” and “my policies” bag.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-15
President Roosevelt holds a vicious-looking dog labeled “federal law” as men labeled “corporation,” “business,” “combination,” “wealth,” and “enterprise” run away or hide. Caption: President Roosevelt — “Don’t be afraid, gentlemen; he will hurt only the crooks.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-08
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President Roosevelt, dressed as Diogenes, shines a lantern toward New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes passing by him on the road. In the background is a barrel labeled “The White House.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-30
President Roosevelt tours Asia with tracts in his hand and his bag labeled, “T. Roosevelt U. S. A.” and a “big stick” under his arm. He is followed by men holding hymnals as foreigners run away. Minarets and Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance. Caption: “Is this to be President Roosevelt’s future? To tour the Orient with the big stick and blaze the way for American missionaries.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-19
President Roosevelt drives Uncle Sam and a patriotic lady in a car. A “red tape” rooster and “old fogyism” pig run away. An old man labeled “United States Senate” tries to wave him down. Caption: The decrepit Senate shouts a warning in behalf of the coddled pets of its establishment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-27
President Roosevelt holds a rifle behind his back and reaches out to shake a bear’s hand. Caption: Meanwhile, other animals he has known are having a brief respite.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-22
President Roosevelt is the only individual in sight as he stands on a dirt road with the United States Capitol building in the background. Caption: The overshadowing personality of Roosevelt keeps every other aspirant for public favor from the zone of vision.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-18
An “independent voter” pats President Roosevelt on the shoulder as Alton B. Parker looks on. In the background is an elephant, a donkey, and a barn with a sign that reads, “Wanted: a manager for this farm—four years—10 salary—independent voter.” Caption: Independent voter selects a manager for Uncle Sam’s farm for the next four years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-12
President Roosevelt sits in the White House attic with a variety of items: ears of corn with the label of “presidential tips to farmers,” a picture of Edward Henry Harriman with “my dear Harriman” crossed out and replaced with “undesirable citizen,” “the big stick,” several books, including “How to choose a successor,” a crib “for larger families,” and a coffin of a “nature faker.” Roosevelt holds a book entitled, “Science of Pseudology.” Caption: Mr. Roosevelt–“I wonder how much of this stuff Bill wants me to leave behind.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-14
Uncle Sam holds a switch behind his back as William Jennings Bryan, President Roosevelt, Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, and John Worth Kern, who all have bloody faces, point at William Randolph Hearst, who has a bloody hand. Caption: “He began it, teacher.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-03
President Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan use a big stick and knife—each labeled “publicity of contributions” respectively—to kill the “corporations” goose. Herman Ridder and George Rumsey Sheldon each hold money bags. The United States Capitol building is in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-10
President Roosevelt holds “the strenuous life” big stick as he looks at a Republican elephant lying on the ground. Similarly, Alton B. Parker holds “The Constitution” and looks at a tired donkey. Caption: Roosevelt and Parker—”Wonder how I can get some life into the pesky animal?”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-08
Political cartoon “Ma! Teddy’s Takin’ a Hog Bite o’ my Pie!”; from a Utica, New York, newspaper; dated May 25, 1912. The cartoon has an older woman labeled as the “Republican Party” knitting in a rocking chair, with President Taft in tears, and Theodore Roosevelt taking a bite of a pie slice labeled “Delegates.”
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912-05-25