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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-16
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949
English
(1901, September-1905, February) U.S. President – 1st Term
John T. McCutcheon sends Theodore Roosevelt a “six-inch book shelf” of books written by authors from Indiana for the Indiana Banquet held recently.
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1911-12
Patrons in a library are seated, each listening to a book through a phonograph. At the bottom right a patron is listening to The Strenuous Life by Theodore Roosevelt. Brander Matthews enclosed this cartoon in a letter to President Roosevelt.
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In the first cartoon, a newsboy carries a daily paper that reads, “1905: amount embezzled for speculation this year: $6,520,000,” and President Roosevelt says “Wake up” to a policeman. In the second cartoon, a newsboy carries a daily paper that reads, “1906: amount embezzled for speculation this year: $7,481,000,” and Roosevelt says, “Wake up” to a policeman. In the third cartoon, a newsboy carries a daily paper that reads, “1907: amount embezzled for speculation this year: $41,458,000,” and Roosevelt says, “Get busy.” In the fourth cartoon, Roosevelt watches as the policeman marches toward several men who say, “Now see what you’ve done,” “You talked too loud,” and “You’re disturbing capital.”
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1908-02-18
President Roosevelt celebrates his forty-ninth birthday with a variety of friends. In the upper left hand corner at the piano are New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes and Thomas Fortune Ryan singing, “Oh let us be joyful.” Booker T. Washington tells Henry Watterson, “Henry, I hope you’ll come down and visit me at Tuskegee.” Senator Joseph Benson Foraker says to Secretary of War William H. Taft, “I heard a good story today, Will.” Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks look at a picture of George Washington, and Fairbanks says, “That picture makes me sad. It reminds me of cherries.” William Randolph Hearst, James Roscoe Day, and Secretary of State Elihu Root look at a book of “Snapshots in New York.” William Jennings Bryan and Grover Cleveland play a game of checkers, and Bryan says, “After you, Grover.” J. Pierpont Morgan watches over the game with his hand on Bryan’s back. Henry Huttleston Rogers, F. Augustus Heinze, and Thomas William Lawson sit together. Lawson says, “Rogers, my boy, you must come over to Boston and visit me.” John D. Rockefeller points at Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s chest while President Roosevelt presents a bouquet to James J. Hill as William J. Long looks on. Finally, James T. Harahan, Edward Henry Harriman, and Stuyvesant Fish read “Snap Shots Along the Illinois Central.” Harriman remarks, “Very nice album, Stuyvesant, is it not?”
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1907-10-27
Several men drag bears to be tied to stakes as reporters wait in the canebrakes for President Roosevelt to arrive at his tent.
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1907-10
Eight men sleep in a bed with sweat on their forehead as they all dream about “third term sentiment.” The men include Ohio Senator Theodore E. Burton, Benjamin B. Odell, South Carolina Benjamin R. Tillman with a pitchfork, William Randolph Hearst, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, Edward Henry Harriman, and John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil.
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1907-04-10
There is a flurry of activity in Washington, D.C., with people running around and an “express wagon” and “florist.” A number of signs are posted: “Bulletin—It is proposed to run Mr. Longworth for governor of Ohio,” “Later!! He has just been mentioned for U.S. Senator,” “Bulletin—A real lace hat from Paris has just arrived via messenger boy,” and “Important bulletin—Mr. Longworth has just lighted another cigar. Great excitement prevails.” A newsboy holds a newspaper that reads, “Extra—Nick has just had a sandwich.”
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1906-02
President Roosevelt dictates to his secretaries about six different topics: “plan to rejuvenate Republican party in N.Y.,” “plan to force re-organization of insurance companies,” “opinions on sea level canal,” “annual message,” “protest against foul football,” and “Irish translations.”
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1905-11-22
President Roosevelt rolls up his sleeves to write the “President’s Annual Message” while a “political grafter,” an “insurance grafter,” and a “public official grafter” watch from the window. A bear head is mounted on the wall. There are some handwritten additions on the message as well as a speech balloon coming from the bear’s mouth.
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1905-09-20
In the first vignette, a man calls to President Roosevelt, who is about to play tennis. Caption: “O, Mr. President, you’re wanted on the long distance ‘phone. Emperor William wants to discuss that Morocco matter with you.” In the second vignette, a woman calls to Roosevelt, who is about to get on a horse. Caption: “O, Mr. President, they want you on the ‘phone. President Castro wants to talk over that Venezuela matter with you.” In the third, Roosevelt is about to get on a boat. Caption: “O, Mr. President, you’re wanted on the ‘phone. The czar wants to ask you something about the peace conference.” In the fourth, Roosevelt stands in a canoe. Caption: “O, Mr. President, can you come in immediately? The mikado wants to talk with you.”
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1905-07-18
Three panels depict President Roosevelt’s deeds. The first shows him charging up a hill with the caption of “first in war.” The second shows him holding an olive branch under a banner that reads, “Peace! in the name of humanity,” with the caption of “first in peace.” The third shows Japanese Emperor Meiji and Russian Tsar Nicholas II shaking hands with the caption of “first in the arts of diplomacy.”
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1905-06-11
President Roosevelt rides a Democratic donkey pulled by a member of the “Iroquois Democratic Club” as crowds cheer. There are illustrations of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, and William Jennings Bryan in the background.
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1905-05-12
President Roosevelt, who is wearing snowshoes and holding a gun, looks up at a tree full of bears. Three other men rush up to meet him. Caption: “Hurry up, boys! I’ve got ’em treed.”
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1905-04-17
President Roosevelt walks quickly following a sign that reads “to the rough riders’ reunion!!!” while Admiral Lucien Young, William Loeb, “representatives of the press,” and “reception committee of prominent citizens” struggle to keep up. To Roosevelt’s left is the “Alamo” and four cowboys who fire their revolvers. An “official photographer” tries to capture a picture. Caption: He arrives in “San Antone.”
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1905-04-06
President Roosevelt fires a revolver at a cougar and holds a wolf by its tail as he steps on a snake. There are a number of dead animals in the background as well as a wagon and several men who are throwing the carcasses into the wagon.
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1905-04-13
In the top part of the cartoon, President Roosevelt bows to a seated “Congress,” who holds an empty dance program. Caption: Congress—”No, thanks, I think I’ll not dance.” In the bottom part, “Congress” finds herself with dancing with Roosevelt and a full dance program featuring variations on Roosevelt’s name. Caption: Mr. Roosevelt—”O, nonsense, come on. Get busy. Don’t be a wall flower.”
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1905
President Roosevelt reads a paper with “a few words about tariff revision” in a “President’s Message” theater. The crowd looks up at a “protected monopolies” man sweating.
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1904-12-06
“Members of the Reception Committee,” “Missouri,” and “Corps of the Gentlemanly Detectives” all rest in rockers in the “St. Louis Rest Cure” building. Caption: President Roosevelt has finished his St. Louis trip.
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1904-11-28
A large Secretary of War William H. Taft stands on Panama surrounded by fighting men. He holds binoculars and carries a suitcase that reads,” Judge Taft, Secretary of War U.S.A.” Caption: Secretary of War Taft is going to Panama to investigate conditions. The administration couldn’t send a better man.
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1904-11-19