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President Roosevelt is nearly eye-to-eye with “Chicago strike hornet’s nest” as he holds a “candidate Roosevelt” hat and a “trust buster” stick.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-31
President Roosevelt sits on a small island and holds up a “vice presidency” fishing rod to Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon. Meanwhile, Cannon sits on a “Congress” log using a “speakership” fishing rod made from a stick. Caption: “Come on over, Uncle Joe, and try this rod.” “No, thanks, Theodore, fishin’s good here!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-06
A man holding a suitcase of “rural G. O. P. suggestions for anti-trust planks in the party platform” goes to ring the doorbell of the “White House Trust Busting Headquarters.” There is a sign on the door: “Closed until after election.” President Roosevelt looks out at the man from the window.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-20
President Roosevelt brands a Republican elephant with a “T. R.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-25
Several Ohioans, including Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Myron T. Herrick, and George Barnsdale Cox, are dressed in Native American attire and sit on the lawn of the White House. President Roosevelt peers out and says, “Indians! On my front lawn, too.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-12
An “Uncle Hanna” cat plays with a “presidential nomination” mouse. The sentence—”I will (not) be a candidate”—is on the cat’s leg. President Roosevelt peeks in.
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1904-01
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna and Ohio Representative Charles Dick watch the “presidential boom for Hanna” river break a dam with the sign of “Roosevelt indorsement for 1904.” On the horizon are dark clouds labeled “fall selection.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-06
President Roosevelt looks up at a sphinx with the likeness of Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. The caption on the sphinx reads, “Hanna boom 1904.” Roosevelt holds a “Guide to Political Washington D.C.” In the background, Major General Leonard Wood and Estes G. Rathbone fight atop two pyramids. Caption: A number of bills are being presented in Congress for the erection of monuments of noted statesmen in the Washington Parks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-24
President Roosevelt and Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna have their arms on each other’s shoulders as they look toward the White House. Meanwhile, Perry S. Heath and Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow and Major General Leonard Wood and Estes G. Rathbone fight in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-02
President Roosevelt holds a “strenuousness” kit as he walks toward Washington, D.C. Behind him is a paper trail in the shape of “1904,” including “songs by the Roosevelt club,” endorsements, “presidential song as sung by the ladies glee club,” “come agains,” “Ohio endorsement,” “dedicated buildings,” “photos of the Yellowstone,” “photos of largest families,” and “addresses of welcome by Democratic mayors.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-07
President Roosevelt and Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna visit an Ohio farm with a roof that reads “Roosevelt in 1904.” Meanwhile, a Republican elephant drinks from a trough that Ohio Representative Charles Dick watches. Myron T. Herrick lifts wood in the background. Caption: Roosevelt: “Fine sign you got on the barn there, senator.” Hanna: “Yes, and the feller that put it on said it wouldn’t rub off either.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-12