Nankivell, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1869-1959

Black and white political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt as the Statue of Liberty and carrying a club.

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Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1907-07-10

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt delivering a jolt of electric current through wires spelling “Presidential Message” to two cats labeled “House” and “Senate” asleep on a wall. Caption: Before and after the current is turned on.

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A stork with the face of Theodore Roosevelt delivers William H. Taft, bundled as an infant, to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

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William Jennings Bryan shoots off fireworks labeled “Nomination, Platform, Enthusiasm, Permanent Organization, Keynote, Issues, Nominating Speech, Second Speech, Vice Presidency, Resolutions, [and] Temporary Organization” while indicating that George Gray and John Albert Johnson should stand back for their safety, reminding them of “what happened to Alton” Parker in 1904, who is standing in the background with his arm in a sling. Caption: “Stand back, boys! You’re too young and inexperienced! Remember what happened to Alton!”

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Theodore Roosevelt, wearing an athletic uniform with letters “B.S.A.C.” on the shirt, shoots a large basketball looking like and labeled “Taft” toward a basket labeled “Nomination.” Caption: Just a little basket ball practice in the White House gym.

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Uncle Sam walks down a street in an unsavory neighborhood, with signs for such establishments as “Railroad Pool Parlor $1000.00 an Hour,” “Flim-Flam Bar,” “Impure Food Café ‘Coaltar & Glucose prop. Regular Adulterated Dinner 25 cents’,” “Harriman’s Place ‘All 5¢ Drinks 10 cents’,” “Rockefeller’s Rest ‘Free Hot Guff All Day’,” and even a sign for “Chop Suey.” Caption: His New Year resolution.

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Two women help Puck hang Christmas decorations. They have used holly to form “Puck” at the top of the window.

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Uncle Sam stands on a platform with a Philippine man next to a sign that states “For Sale The Philippines. Inhabitants benevolently assimilated. – Sound and kind. – Child can govern them.” Uncle Sam is appealing to a group of European and Asian rulers, who show little interest, talking with each other in front of the platform.

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A candlestick with flame labeled “Speed Madness” is surrounded by speeding automobiles caught in the illumination. People are falling out of the cars and the wreckage is collecting in the basin of the candlestick holder.

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Four drunk young people ride in a speeding automobile driven by “Demon Rum.”

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A bloated William Jennings Bryan, with a paper extending from his pocket labeled “Membership Fat Man’s Club. W.J. Bryan,” rides a diminutive Democratic donkey, while an even larger William H. Taft rides a diminutive “G.O.P” elephant. Caption: A case for the S.P.C.A.

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William H. Taft is globe-trotting from the “Washington White House” to the “Guam White House,” the “Philippine White House,” the “Hawaiin [sic] White House,” the “Cuban White House,” and the “Porto [sic] Rican White House.”

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Exploding firecrackers labeled “Land Grafter, Congressman, Financier, Senator, Deliberate & Unqualified, Rail Road Pres., Undesirable Citizen, [and] Nature Faker” have been ignited using a “Teddy Punk” stick. Caption: Every day is Fourth of July with Theodore.

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A group of poor Eastern European immigrants and ragged anarchists, dressed in kimonos, pretend to be Japanese immigrants. They are stopped at the border. Caption: Perhaps, if they came in kimonos, the real undesirables might also be kept out.

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A woman labeled “Wall Street” appears as a nursery rhyme figure, possibly Little Bo Peep, pulling petals off a paper flower that are labeled “Tight Money” and “Easy Money” as she says “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.” The center of the flower shows a medallion that states “In Shaw We Trust,” but with a line drawn through “Shaw.” The woman’s bodice is labeled “Stock Exchange.” George B. Cortelyou, dressed as an Elizabethan suitor, is looking over her shoulder.

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Uncle Sam, as a knight on horseback, carries a lance labeled “Anti-Fly Crusade.” He is charging toward a gigantic fly emerging from a container with a small child at its feet. Caption: A challenge to that greatest of public enemies, the disease-breeding fly.

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Creation Date

1912-05-15

In a winter scene, two women walk back up a hill after sledding or tobogganing. Others in the background go down the hill on their own sleds.

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Creation Date

1912-01-24

An attractive young woman stylishly dressed in the latest fashion walks in the snow, with two men walking behind her. Caption: Her Brother — Now I know what became of my new bath-robe.

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Creation Date

1912-01-17

The “G.O.P.” elephant, as an emperor during the Manchu Dynasty, sits on a throne looking at men labeled “Wilson, Champ Clark, Foss, Harmon, [and] Underwood” armed with large knives or swords.

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Creation Date

1911-11-15

Several men chase a woman’s wind-blown hat.

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Creation Date

1911-03-08