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A man carrying “the bigger stick—’large financial interests'” points it toward President Roosevelt who sits on the “mourners bench” on “Wall Street” with “the big stick” beside him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-13
New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell saws wood to put in the “cut and dried” “Republican woodpile.” Meanwhile, Charles Francis Murphy and Patrick Henry McCarren sit on the “Democratic wood pile” with a saw and watch.
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1904-08-16
President Roosevelt sits on a ladder and reads the “Constitution of the United States.” “The Strenuous Life” book is locked down while cobwebs are on two pictures on the wall of “San Juan” and “big game.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-27
President Roosevelt lands on the stomach of a man labeled “the trusts” after jumping over an elephant with a seat that has several spikes—”postal scandal,” “Ohio quarrel,” and “New York fight.” There is a sign in the background: “Opening of the circus.”
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1904-03-18
Mississippi Representative John Sharp Williams uses a “congressional inquiry” stick to poke a “G. O. P. big game hunting association (limited)” elephant. President Roosevelt and Attorney General Philander C. Knox sleep on top of the elephant. Roosevelt holds a “trust buster” shotgun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-22
President Roosevelt stands on top of an elephant and throws a lasso. Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, and Illinois Senator Shelby M. Cullum try to escape the lasso.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-18
President Roosevelt holds “the new diplomacy” Indian clubs and points them toward “Central” America and “South America.”
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1904-05-30
President Roosevelt appears everywhere in the “Republican National Convention.” He holds the gavel to nominate himself as president and is supported by the “Northern States,” “Western States,” “Southern States,” and “Eastern States.”
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1904-05-29
President Roosevelt shakes hands with the “official Republican campaign uniform” that looks the attire of a cowboy.
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1904-06-18
A number of President Roosevelts sit on the train as one Roosevelt wearing a “Republican Natl Convention” sash steps off and greets a woman with a large hat labeled “Chicago.”
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1904-06-19
At the “Republican National Convention,” President Roosevelt presses a button that controls Frank Swett Black who holds a “nominating speech that approves T. R.” New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt and New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell sit beside each other on the stage while Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon receives shocks. Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge holds up “the platform.” Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks is on a wire and wears a sign that reads, “great vice-presidential slide for life.” All the delegates are puppets who vote for “Roosevelt.”
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1904-06-21
President Roosevelt flexes his bicep as he watches several boys leaving “Miss Democracy Select School”: David B. Hill, Alton B. Parker, New York Mayor George B. McClellan, Arthur P. Gorman, Richard Olney, and William Randolph Hearst.
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1904-06-26
President Roosevelt and William Loeb stand on a stage. Roosevelt wears a sign that says, “boquets here,” while Loeb’s sign says, “kicks here please.”
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1904-07-16
Charles W. Fairbanks lies in a hammock reading a book as Alton B. Parker, President Roosevelt, and Henry Gassaway Davis all ride horses in the background.
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1904-07-17
A heron wearing a “Parker” crown picks up a frog with the face of Martin W. Littleton. Other frogs watch, including Joseph W. Bailey, South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman with his pitchfork, William Jennings Bryan, David B. Hill, and Charles Francis Murphy.
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1904-07-22
Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna holds Perry S. Health’s hand and a whip directed at a Republican elephant. President Roosevelt stares at the elephant’s feet.
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1903-12-08
First Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis tosses a “‘new diplomacy’ medicine ball” to President Roosevelt as “little American republics” look on.
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1903-12-20
Arthur P. Gorman tries to drive a Democratic donkey forward to the “Panama Canal” as the donkey is attached to a large box labeled “solid party opposition to the canal.” President Roosevelt looks on. Gorman also has a paper in his back pocket that reads, “For president: A.P. Gorman.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-26
Perry S. Heath carries several musical instruments, including the “Hanna boom” drum that he is striking. There is a “statute of limitations” chained to his right foot. Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna looks surprised as he watches Heath outside of his window.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-28
President Roosevelt jumps over an elephant and prepares to land on a “nomination 1904” pillow that Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna has tied to a string that he holds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12