Both–“I said it first!”
Two birds who are drawn as President Roosevelt, holding a “big stick,” and William Jennings Bryan stand on a “platform.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-11
Your TR Source
Starrett, William K. (William Kemp), 1880-1952
Trying to get into the game
President Roosevelt addresses William Randolph Hearst as William Jennings Bryan looks at their marbles game, which includes marbles labeled “tariff revision,” “regulation of R.R.,” “popular election of Sen.,” “popular election of judges,” “ship subsidy,” and “public ownership.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-24
“Another kind of larceny”
President Roosevelt cries “Hey!” from a pool of water as William Jennings Bryan runs off with “my policies” and his “big stick.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-05
Ready for the race!
President Roosevelt–“the ‘rider’–sits atop a horse depicting New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes while New York Representative Herbert Parsons holds a riding crop and says, “Get up there! Hurry!” The words “nomination track” are on the ground.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-30
Relief
President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou hold a “U.S. Treasury” pipe that is sending bonds and notes swirling around to large crowds of people.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-11-19
Riding the goat
President Roosevelt watches from Washington, D.C., as a man labeled “Oklahoma” rides the “statehood” goat. An American eagle cries, “Hold fast!” On the ground are papers: “laws” and “Constitution.” Caption: Not quite, but almost.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-10-30