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President Roosevelt, in the dress of a Roman warrior, is presented by Pallas Athena representing Columbia (a symbol of the United States in the hands of some cartoonists) to five great mythological gods and historical figures of war. They are: Ramses, Julius Caesar, Achilles, Cleopatra, and Alexander the Great.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-06-27
Diana, goddess of the hunt, trains a youthful and virile Theodore Roosevelt. They ride horses on rollers, Roosevelt’s breaking free, while roping cattle, also on rollers.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-05-02
Theodore Roosevelt as a baby, in the arms of Columbia who has lifted him from his golden cradle. The infant reaches out to receive a crown, a dagger, and a cowboy hat from three women in classical attire. Observing the scene from behind Columbia are Uncle Sam in the guise of the god Zeus and an eagle dressed in Roman armor. In the distance the dome of the United States Capitol building is seen against a rising sun.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-04-25
Uncle Sam, in the guise of the hero Siegfried, sits on the shore of a river, surrounded by President Roosevelt, Republican presidential candidate William H. Taft, and Republican vice presidential candidate James H. Sherman dressed as Rhine Maidens. They try to coax Uncle Sam into giving them the ring, which symbolizes the power of the presidency. In the background, William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate for the presidency, as Brunhilde, Siegfried’s lover in the opera, awakens to see the Republicans warning Uncle Sam of the doom that will follow if he does not turn over the presidency. To the right, standing close to the river bank, an American eagle holds a music book in his hand marked “Bird Motif–O-Say Can You See.” The words of this motif are intended to wake up Bryan to what is happening between Roosevelt and Taft while he sleeps.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-10-08
Caricature of former President Roosevelt, dressed in a nun’s habit and kneeling before an altar. “Ora Pro Taftist,” a play on the Latin Christian prayer Ora Pro Nobis — “pray for us” — is engraved on his marble prayer bench.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-05-02
Former President Roosevelt, dressed in tattered overalls, makes a threatening gesture toward President Taft, who is dressed in the period costume of a pampered, affluent child. An elegantly clad Columbia leads Taft into a doorway guarded by Uncle Sam.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-10-08