Old guard crushed by Roosevelt
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-09-28
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
(1909, March – 1910) African Safari
Your TR Source
Johnson, Herbert, 1878-1946
“The best ever”
A rooster with President Roosevelt’s face smiles as a “Portsmouth conference” hen looks at a large “peace” egg surrounded by shotgun shells.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-31
Creator(s)
And he bought it!
A man offers President Roosevelt a glistening “steel merger” on “Wall St.” and Roosevelt reaches his hand into his pocket.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-08
Spanked!
President Roosevelt smiles and holds his “Secret Service” big stick as the “Pa Congress” shakes his fist at Roosevelt and holds a “rebuke” shoe, saying, “Now will you behave?”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-11
Who will bell the cat?
A cat with President Roosevelt’s face looks at a group of “Senator” and “Representative” mice.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-13
The test ride
President Roosevelt sits up straight on a horse–“Congress”–that is sweating profusely and is extremely tired. Roosevelt does not have a drop of sweat and says, “I feel bully!” In the background is a sign that reads, “There and back–98 miles.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-22
Some boys can’t have any fun
The “Reichstag” runs after “the Kaiser” with a switch and says, “Willyum! Come here!” Meanwhile, President Roosevelt smokes a cigar that puffs out “speeches, statements, letters.” On the ground is a cigarette that is smoking “interview.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-11-24
Mixing the last dose
President Roosevelt mixes a bowl labeled “message” with several ingredients–“ammonia,” “castor oil,” “ipecac,” “quinine,” and “sulphur”–on the counter beside the bowl. A sick “Congress” sits in the other room. On the wall is a sign: “Prescriptions Strenuously Compounded.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-09
Mixing the last dose
President Roosevelt mixes a bowl labeled “message” with several ingredients–“ammonia,” “castor oil,” “ipecac,” “quinine,” and “sulphur”–on the counter beside the bowl. A sick “Congress” sits in the other room. On the wall is a sign: “Prescriptions Strenuously Compounded.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-08
A thrilling act
William Jennings Bryan holds Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell depicted as an infant and sucking from a “Standard Oil” bottle. Bryan tells Roosevelt, “You shall not touch the che-e-ild!” Roosevelt replies, “Have a care! You will rue this day!”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-10-12
A thrilling act
Williams Jennings Bryan, dressed as a mother, protects infant Oklahoma Governor Haskell, whose bottle is an oil can labeled “Standard Oil,” from the menaces of President Roosevelt. Bryan says, “You shall not touch the che-e-ild!” Roosevelt replies, “Have a care! You will rue this day!”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1908-1911
Creator(s)
I wonder if they are both true to me?
President Roosevelt surveys two portraits. One is of an elephant, inscribed: “Ever thine, G.O.P., 1908.” The other is of a moose, inscribed: “To my hero of 1912.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1916