A Roosevelt to the rescue
Commissioner Roosevelt stands in the back of a police wagon, brandishing a police baton that reads “T. Roosevelt, Able Reformer.” Mayor Strong directs the wagon to the symbolic figure of New York City, who is being beaten by two thugs whose clubs are labeled “Dem. Boss” and “Rep. Boss.” A cherub, acting as a paperboy, sells copies of the Washington Post in front of the U.S. Capitol announcing Roosevelt’s resignation from the Civil Service Commission. Caption: “Our own Theodore turns his back on Washington and takes a seat in Mayor Strong’s “Hurry-Up Wagon” as one of the finest.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1895-05-03
