“The Mikado” – second and last act
Subject(s): Beheading, Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921, Burroughs, John, 1837-1921, Business enterprises--Finance, Corruption, Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940, Folk, Joseph Wingate, 1869-1923, Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950, Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909, Heney, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1859-1937, La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925, Landis, Charles B. (Charles Beary), 1858-1922, Loeb, William, 1866-1937, Operas, Operetta, Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914, Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Singing, Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
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Theodore Roosevelt appears as “Mikado Roosevelt” with a large cast of characters standing behind him: “Pish Tush Root,” “Landis,” “Pooh Bah Taft,” “Burroughs,” “Heney,” “Cortelyou,” “Steffens,” “La Follette,” “Folk,” “Garfield,” “Riis,” “Loeb,” and “Koko Bonaparte,” who is holding a large sword labeled “Department of Justice.” John D. Rockefeller labeled “Flim-Flam Business,” and Edward Henry Harriman labeled “Flim Flam Finance,” are kneeling on the stage awaiting execution. Caption: “My object all sublime / I shall achieve in time — / To let the punishment fit the crime — / The punishment fit the crime. — / And make each prisoner pent / Unwillingly represent / A source of infinite merriment, / Of infinite merriment.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1908-01-08
Creator(s)
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
“The Mikado” – second and last act. [January 8, 1908]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286009. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909. “The Mikado” – second and last act. [8 Jan. 1908]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286009.
APA:
Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909., [1908, January 8]. “The Mikado” – second and last act.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286009.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
