“Hurry, William, and hook me up!”
Subject(s): Clothing and dress, Conservatism, Dissenters, Republican elephant (Symbolic character), Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Solidarity, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
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President Taft struggles to dress the Republican elephant in a dress labeled on one side “Reactionaries” and on the other “Insurgents.” He is unable to bring the two sides together in the back in order to fasten them.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1910-03-16
Creator(s)
Period
African Safari (March 1909-1910)
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:
“Hurry, William, and hook me up!”. [March 16, 1910]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288268. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956. “Hurry, William, and hook me up!”. [16 Mar. 1910]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288268.
APA:
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956., [1910, March 16]. “Hurry, William, and hook me up!”.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288268.
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.
