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Theodore Roosevelt stands, one arm aloft, holding his speech with a bullet hole through it in one hand, while holding a bloody handkerchief to his breast in the other.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-10-16
Theodore Roosevelt stands among ships in a harbor, digging and throwing dirt in the direction of “Bogota,” while a small man on a hill raises a flag labeled “new treaty.” Probably in reference to the Hay-Herran Canal Treaty of 1903.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
Father Knickerbocker approaches Theodore Roosevelt with babies in arms and a crowd of others at his heels. Papers lie on the floor reading “Race suicide a crime” and “126,000 new New Yorkers.” Likely published between 1900 and 1904.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cowboy Theodore Roosevelt rides ahead and pulls the reins of a horse ridden by Mark Hanna. Hanna has “Ohio” on his saddle blanket and his initials “M.H.” and a small bug in his hat. Likely published during the 1900 presidential campaign, when Roosevelt’s candidacy for Vice President strengthened the McKinley ticket but Hanna protested it, saying, “[T]here’s only one life between that madman and the Presidency.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900
William M. Steward, on the left, and William McKinley, on the right, have a strangle-hold on a bald eagle that has a stars and stripes shield on its breast. They are plucking its feathers and stuffing them into large bags labeled “Silver Grab Bag” and “Tariff Grab Bag.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-08-23
Vice Presidential candidate Charles W. Fairbanks is encased in a block of ice. President Roosevelt, in his Rough Rider uniform, sits shivering on top of the ice.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904-08-06
Seth Low, outfitted with a frilly shirt and patent leather shoes, stands on a stage with the sheet music “In the Sweet Bye and Bye” in his hands. To the left, Elihu Root is seated at a pipe organ labeled “Tribune,” looking over his shoulder at Low.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904-08-13
Harper’s Weekly cover featuring a black and white photograph of President Roosevelt seated in a chair. Roosevelt is wearing riding pants and holds a hat in his left hand.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904-07-02
Black ink cartoon with Theodore Roosevelt seated on top of a ladder and reading the Constitution.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904-08-27
Theodore Roosevelt stands surrounded by wreaths bearing the names of various states.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900
Theodore Roosevelt, in Rough Rider uniform, sits atop a horse with a telegraph and reads a message. The cartoon is captioned, “Vice-Presidential Possibilities.”
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900-02-01
While President Roosevelt looks on from above, a man uses a donkey labeled “Democratic Party,” to pull a box into the Panama Canal. The box is labeled “Solid party opposition to the canal.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-31