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Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

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The difficult ones

The difficult ones

President Roosevelt rides alongside a bull labeled “organized labor vote” as a “third term” bear labeled “I am blind” watches from atop a fence post. William H. Taft attempts to get the African American vote with some “salt.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-22

The president will shortly go hunting

The president will shortly go hunting

President Roosevelt walks into a clearing of animals with his rifle where a snake, bear, cougar, and rabbit holding signs that read “Immune. I’m a ‘practical’ varmint,” “Immune. Grandfather of the teddy-bear,” “Immune. Testified against fakirs,” and “Immune. A friend of John Burroughs.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

President Roosevelt off to hunt wild animals

President Roosevelt off to hunt wild animals

President Roosevelt walks into a clearing of animals with his rifle where a snake, bear, cougar, and rabbit holding signs that read “Immune. I’m a ‘practical’ varmint,” “Immune. Grandfather of the teddy-bear,” “Immune. Testified against fakirs,” and “Immune. A friend of John Burroughs.” Caption: Prepared.

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-23

“He doesn’t study us; he only hunts us.”

“He doesn’t study us; he only hunts us.”

President Roosevelt is on the hunt as a bear, a sheep labeled “the weakling,” and a rhinoceros labeled “new finance” run away while an octopus wrapped in a tree and a bull stay out of the way. In the background is a “muck rake” and a goat labeled “E.H.H.” on a mountain, “reserved for scape-goats.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-25

The hoodoo corner

The hoodoo corner

President Roosevelt is at the front of the pack in a bicycle race that includes Secretary of State Elihu Root, Woodrow Wilson, former U. S. Minister to Austria-Hungary Bellamy Storer, Senator Isidor Rayner, Perry Belmont, and Secretary of War William H. Taft.

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-16

Moses “the great law giver” in action

Moses “the great law giver” in action

President Roosevelt, dressed like Moses, comes down the hill with “drastic inspection laws” in the shape of the Ten Commandments. He kicks the “beef trust” golden calf, while Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, dressed as a “high priest,” puts his hands up. The golden calf is on an altar of “potted ham,” “potted chicken,” “corned beef,” and “canned goods.” Meat packers surround the statue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-06

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

Quilting bee in aid of the suffering public

Quilting bee in aid of the suffering public

President Roosevelt shows Uncle Sam a “quilting bee in aid of the suffering public.” Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, Pennsylvania Senator Philander C. Knox, Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, Wisconsin Senator John C. Spooner, Iowa Senator William B. Allison, and Texas Senator Joseph W. Bailey sit at a table stitching amendments on a “rate bill” quilt. Spanish Treaty Claims Commissioner William E. Chandler looks through a window and holds a paper that reads, “I’m no liar.” There is a portrait of George Washington on the wall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-15

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

Not exactly what was intended

Not exactly what was intended

President Roosevelt throws a “message” that explodes underneath a “Standard Oil” company octopus that holds a “never touched me!” paper. The explosion sends several bears and two lambs flying. “Stocks” bulls look over “The Street” wall to see what is happening. Commissioner of Corporations at the Department of Commerce and Labor James Rudolph Garfield also watches around a corner of the wall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-07

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

The spirit of 1906

The spirit of 1906

President Roosevelt plays a fife as Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman beat on “House” and “Senate” drums respectively. William Loeb walks behind them with a “railroad rate bill” flag that uses a “big stick” and pitchfork as a flag pole. They are dressed in colonial attire, in a recreation of the famous painting The Spirit of ’76 by Archibald Willard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-21

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

“Who’d ever have thought we’d go fishing together?”

“Who’d ever have thought we’d go fishing together?”

President Roosevelt and South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman go fishing in a “senatorial pool.” At the bottom of the pool is “the railroad rate bill” turtle, a “Philippine tariff bill” alligator, a “statehood bill” frog, and a “Santo Domingo” fish. On the ledge are two crayfish by a “bait amendments” can.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-25

Creator(s)

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931