“He laughs best who laughs last”
Subject(s): Bachelors, Christmas, Families, Family, Loneliness in old age
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The family of “Tom Popleigh” happily decorates a Christmas tree. In a vignette at left, a well-dressed man gestures toward the growing family of Popleigh and vows to remain a bachelor. In a vignette on the right, the elderly bachelor sits alone at a table and ponders what he has missed by remaining unmarried. The caption reads: “But the years have done all this for Popleigh.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1897-12-08
Creator(s)
Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929
Language
English
Period
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)
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:
“He laughs best who laughs last”. [December 8, 1897]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289435. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929. “He laughs best who laughs last”. [8 Dec. 1897]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289435.
APA:
Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929., [1897, December 8]. “He laughs best who laughs last”.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o289435.
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. August 3, 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.
