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

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The sincere ones

The sincere ones

President Roosevelt stands beside a number of men, including Ohio Representative Charles Henry Grosvenor, who holds a book entitled “Lives of the Presidents—A Few Left,” New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt, John Edward Charles O’Sullivan Addicks, Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, Louis Frisbie Payn, New York Representative Lucius Nathan Littauer, and New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell. Roosevelt holds a sign that reads, ‘The principles which we profess are those in which we believe with heart and soul and strength. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Our actions speak even louder than our words for the faith that is in us.’ T. R.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-16

Creator(s)

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

His brand

His brand

President Roosevelt brands a Republican elephant with his initials “T.R.” underneath a crown. The elephant is chained to the ground and wears “pension order” and “postal fraud” covers on its front legs. Chair of the Republican National Committee, New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell, New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt, Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, and Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge all watch from behind a fence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-17

Creator(s)

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

First you set them up, and then –

First you set them up, and then –

Harper’s Weekly cover shows Theodore Roosevelt holding a bowling bowl labeled “Nomination 1908.” A sign above the pins reads “Favorite Sons.” Pins are labeled with the names of the following states: Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. Another sign lists people that are warned off the premises. Jack London is one of those individuals.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1907-06-01

Creator(s)

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

Home again

Home again

Black ink cartoon of President Roosevelt returning from a hunt with animal skins on his back. He is looking at a steam vent labeled “Washington” which has popped its lid because of the pressure. Men are struggling in the vent with steam bursts labeled “Loomis-Bowen Scandal,” “Santa Fe Rebate Suits,” “Panama R.R. Rates,” and “Castro’s Defiance.” Seated on top of the lid is Secretary of War Taft with devil’s horns.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1905-05-13

Creator(s)

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

Playing hookey

Playing hookey

Roosevelt is running towards the right side of the image while holding the hand of a smaller child labeled “Panama Canal” in one hand, and a paper on which is written “markets of the world” in the other. Behind the two figures is a large wall labeled “$acred tariff wall” on top of which sit a large man whose hat reads “the trusts” and the Republican elephant. The man looks angry, and gestures towards Roosevelt with a stick, while the elephant looks shocked. Far in the background are smokestacks.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-05-17

Creator(s)

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

The peacemaker at work

The peacemaker at work

Roosevelt stands in the middle of the image with outstretched arms, holding a dove in one hand and an olive branch in the other. Above him are the words “No extra session. Peace.” To either side of Roosevelt are figures, one representing Uncle Sam, and the other a locomotive headed figure labeled “the railroads.” Uncle Sam holds an eagle-headed cane, while the figure representing the railroads holds a large club labeled “rebates.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-06-12

Creator(s)

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

He strives to please

He strives to please

A figure with the head of a steam locomotive leans back in a chair and reads over a scroll of paper labeled “railroad rate bill.” The bottom of the bill continues down to the floor and out of sight with many further pieces of paper labeled “amendment.” To the right stands the figure of Theodore Roosevelt, looking on and leaning on his “big stick.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-02-06

Creator(s)

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

Who’d ever have thought we’d go fishing to-gether?

Who’d ever have thought we’d go fishing to-gether?

Two figures stand above the “senatorial pool” armed with fishing equipment. Theodore Roosevelt holds a large pole with a can labeled “bait amendments” by his side. Next to him, holding a pitchfork with a net strung in it, is the figure of Benjamin Tillman, a democratic senator from South Carolina. In the pool are a number of creatures, including a frog labeled “statehood bill,” a fish labeled “Santo Domingo,” a crocodile labeled “Philippine tariff bill,” and a large turtle with the head of a steam locomotive labeled “the railroad rate bill.” Roosevelt’s fishing pole has hooked under the lip of this turtle’s shell.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-02-25

Creator(s)

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

He isn’t climbing out of the window, however

He isn’t climbing out of the window, however

Roosevelt and Taft stand at the head of an elephant (representing the G.O.P) saddled with two chairs. While the president’s chair has a sign on it noting that it is reserved, the vice president’s chair is vacant. Roosevelt pulls on the elephant’s trunk attempting to move it while Taft looks on. Charles Evans Hughes sits in the window of a building labeled “Governor’s Office, Albany.” Timothy L. Woodruff holds a ladder through a street floor window with a sign on it reading “It might taper down to Tim.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1908-01-30

Creator(s)

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

The double sixes of innocence

The double sixes of innocence

Two lambs stand at center in the image, the left labeled “T.R.,” and the right labeled “Waldo” (i.e. Rhinelander Waldo). Waldo was the New York City Police Commissioner, known for his intimidating anti-vice squads. In front of both are two dice, both showing sixes, with the die on the left labeled “Politics,” and the right labeled “Police.” Above both figures sits a crow-like figure sitting on a tree branch with money and card suits growing from it.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1912-10-07

Creator(s)

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