If Rip Van Winkle just awoke from a twenty year snooze
Subject(s): Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926, Nesbit, Evelyn, 1884-1967, Revolution (Mexico : 1910-1920), Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Tammany Hall, Tariff, Thaw, Harry Kendall, 1871-1947, Van Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character)
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Rip Van Winkle educates himself about the events of the past twenty years, surrounded by newspapers referring to William Jennings Bryan, the Evelyn Nesbit and Harry Kendall Thaw scandal, hostilities with Mexico, President Roosevelt’s clashes with Speaker of the House Cannon, and Roosevelt’s attacks on the Tammany Hall political machine. Van Winkle exclaims, “Shucks!! I’m going back to sleep!”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1913
Creator(s)
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
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. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
If Rip Van Winkle just awoke from a twenty year snooze. [December 18, 2025]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o290588. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Murphy, Jimmy, 1891-1965. If Rip Van Winkle just awoke from a twenty year snooze. [18 Dec. 2025]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o290588.
APA:
Murphy, Jimmy, 1891-1965., [2025, December 18]. If Rip Van Winkle just awoke from a twenty year snooze.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o290588.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
