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Cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt with his new granddaughter Grace on his lap, frustrated by the inability to play with a girl. Around them are mementos of his masculine avocations.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
An illustration depicting Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s day working at the Hartford Carpet Company. He served in humble tasks at the company plants in Connecticut, Little Falls, New Jersey, and in San Francisco, California.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-1910
Theodore Roosevelt holds a telegram stating, “It’s a girl, Teddy Jr.” Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s wife had recently given birth to former president Roosevelt’s first grandchild, Grace.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
A cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr., on Roosevelt Jr.’s wedding day. Theodore Roosevelt is pointing at a stork as Ted smiles reassuringly.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
A humorous painting shows two rural men arguing about politics. One holds a newspaper and President Roosevelt’s image is clearly seen on the page.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
A cartoon uses various sizes of shoes, from booties to riding boots, to create a “portrait” of the Roosevelt family.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-1908
The cartoon from Punch magazine has a drawing of President Roosevelt in a cowboy / Rough Rider outfit, captioned, “With Mr. Punch’s best wishes to President Roosevelt.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-09-25
A cartoon depicting Uncle Sam patting President Roosevelt on the back, endorsing him for a second term as President.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904
Cartoon depicting the grim reaper at a gravestone for soldiers from the Spanish-American War. At the bottom it reads, “Shall this monument be erected to political incompetence and corruption?”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898
Cartoon depicting various European leaders learning of Admiral George Dewey’s capture of Manila Bay in the Philippines. It was a crushing victory that destroyed the Spanish fleet with no casualties to the American Navy.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898
Theodore Roosevelt, dressed in a Rough Rider outfit, marches while holding a pile of speeches in one hand and a rope attached to the trunk of a parading “circus” elephant in the other hand. The elephant is pulling a large wagon labeled “prosperity” and is filled with a strapped-down bundle labeled “Western Votes.” The elephant itself is wearing an “Uncle Sam” hat and has a large blanket over its back labeled “G.O.P.” as well as four discs hanging off the bottom of it. The four discs are labeled “Larger Navy, Panama Canal, Anti-Trust Laws, and Monroe Doctrine.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-04
President Roosevelt hands back a crying baby to its mother, while turning to look at the next baby being thrust at him. A long line of mothers, each with one or more children, have already met Roosevelt and the line of mothers waiting extends off the edge of the cartoon. Caption: What does he think about race suicide now?
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-01
President Roosevelt rejoices that Mayor Wells has given him the keys to the city of St. Louis. A teddy bear holds the keys while a policeman prevents Thomas Henry Carter, Henry Clark Corbin, and former President Grover Cleveland from exiting a building.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-02
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President Roosevelt departs Yellowstone National Park. Several animals remain in the forest, sad and crying because Roosevelt is leaving. Outside a group of “Reporters” cheers his return to civilization.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-26
President Roosevelt is leaving Yellowstone National Park by train, waving goodbye from the rear of the caboose. A wolf leads a goodbye cheer for Roosevelt, with a bear, a rabbit, an adult and juvenile mountain lion, an elk, and a squirrel joining in: “Now All Together!! Rickety, Rackety, Rough and Ready What T ___ ___ ___ is the matter with Teddy.” The squirrel holds a very small pole with a banner that reads “Roosevelt Club.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-25
Handy, R. D. (Ray DeWitt), 1879-1959
Former President Grover Cleveland escorts a woman wearing a crown labeled “St. Louis” and a sash labeled “Popularity” past President Roosevelt and David R. Francis, President of the St. Louis World’s Fair (also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition). (Mr. Cleveland made a speech at the Fair, and it was thought that he might become a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President and run against Roosevelt.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt is pictured as the President of Harvard University, wearing a cap and gown but also spurs, conferring a degree of doctor of laws upon a man with a very large mustache dressed in full cowboy gear. There is a bear skin on the floor of the stage. Another cowboy in the background is shooting both his guns in celebration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-19
Theodore Roosevelt, dressed as a cowboy, stands on the Western United States and has lassoed a spire arising from the “White House” with a rope labeled “Popularity.” His belt is labeled “Stability.” His gun holster is labeled “For political game.” Flying out of his saddle bag are speeches: “Stand Pat with Prosperity Speech, Prosperity Speeches, Clean Political Speeches, Common-Sense Speeches, Sound-Money Speech, Stick to Republican Prosperity, and Business Should not be Disturbed by Political Fanatics.” Caption: If our strenuous President perseveres in the line he has chosen for himself it will eventually land him at the WHITE HOUSE for another FOUR years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-25
Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison rides on a roller coaster car on a track that loops in the shape of President Roosevelt’s face and ends at the White House. A sign at the beginning of the roller coaster, pointing back, reads, “Mayor’s Office.” A sign hanging in the center of the loop represents Roosevelt’s mustache and reads, “Don’t Breathe, Please.” Harrison was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1897 to 1905 and from 1911 to 1915.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903