The portrait: “Strenuous times, indeed!”
Subject(s): Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Missouri--Saint Louis, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Telegraph, White House (Washington, D.C.)
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President Roosevelt jumps out of the “president’s chair” and smacks a telegraph machine with a label that reads, “To start the machine tap ‘lightly.” The machine is connected to a “direct wire to St. Louis,” the location of the “St. Louis Fair.” A painting of Thomas Jefferson holding a “Louisiana Purchase” paper is on the wall and watches Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-05-01
Creator(s)
Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Page Count
1
Production Method
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 portrait: “Strenuous times, indeed!”. [May 1, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o302460. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909. The portrait: “Strenuous times, indeed!”. [1 May. 1904]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o302460.
APA:
Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909., [1904, May 1]. The portrait: “Strenuous times, indeed!”.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o302460.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
