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A cartoon adaptation of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer’s 1844 painting, also titled “The Challenge.” The cartoon depicts a bull moose challenging a donkey and an elephant.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1912
Cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, as the animals flee the coast.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1913
Roosevelt and hunting companions look startled when they come across a very large lion. Caption: “Wall Street expects every one of them to do its duty.” Original signed sketch. Stamp of Outing Magazine on verso.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1909
A cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt saluting the figure of Liberty as she changes a star to gold in honor of Quentin Roosevelt after his death during World War I.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1918
A woman labeled “History” is writing a list of Theodore Roosevelt’s titles: President, statesman, soldier, historian, explorer, naturalist, orator. Each title is crossed out, except the final one on the list, “American.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1919
President Roosevelt gallops on a Republican elephant towards the White House while being cheered on by Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. Sitting on the fence pouting is Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, who was a presidential hopeful in 1904. Foraker is yelling, “Rah! for Roosevelt” while waving his hat and holding a banner which reads, “Ohio State Convention Boom.” Caption underneath the cartoon has Hanna stating, “I can’t see Anything in that to Make a Fuss Over.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-15
Uncle Sam hands President Roosevelt a “New Broom” and a “New Axe” in order to clean up a path which is labeled “Scandal.” The path leads to the door of the U.S. Post Office, and hanging from a tack on the door is a sign that reads “Department of Spoils.” Uncle Sam has a very upset look on his face and is drawn nearly twice as tall as President Roosevelt. Roosevelt is depicted as a short, round man in his Rough Rider outfit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-06
President Roosevelt, in the “GOP Back Yard,” stands atop a box on top of a barrel and leans over a fence. On the other side of the fence, Attorney General Philander C. Knox holds a paddle labeled “Sherman and Interstate Commerce Laws,” and he is about to paddle the rear end of a large boy, “The Trust.” The boy has his head turned toward Roosevelt and is broadly smiling, with his right hand slightly covering the smile. The left hand of the boy is protecting his rear end. Caption: “Roosevelt (to Knox): Make all the noise you can; but remember, we can’t afford to hurt him.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-04
Cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt III, son of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, acting like his grandfather, former president Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-06-17
Cartoon depicts Theodore Roosevelt dressed as a Rough Rider holding a horse labeled “American Legion” as he saluted the First Emergency Reserves. A typed note in the scrapbook says this cartoon is how the name American Legion came to be. Caption: An American Legion of 250,000 men, to act as a reserve army, is being formed. Colonel Roosevelt says he and his four sons will gladly join.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1915-03-03
Cartoon depicting Uncle Sam taking a break from the presidential campaign to look at a poster listing Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt’s vital signs after being shot.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
Cartoon depicting how Theodore Roosevelt III, second child of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt spent his first day on earth. It comically has the baby imitating actions made famous by his grandfather Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1914-06-16
While President Roosevelt looks on from above, a man uses a donkey labeled “Democratic Party,” to pull a box into the Panama Canal. The box is labeled “Solid party opposition to the canal.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-31
President Roosevelt, portrayed as Paul Revere, rides a horse labeled “Jingoism” and calls out, “To arms! The Colombians are coming!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-20
Edward Oliver Wolcott, with a Republican Party sign, and Mr. Bryant look on in astonishment as the Republican elephant, labeled Republicans of Denver, holds a sign for the Roosevelt Republican Party and announces, “This looks good to me!” Denver Republicans had broken from the state party and renamed themselves Roosevelt Republicans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-03
Political cartoon featuring President Roosevelt and Joseph L. Bristow wielding weapons, with Roosevelt’s knife labeled “Investigation,” against the wolves of post office graft, corrupt corporations, Panama Canal obstructionists, and evil trusts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-03
J. Pierpont Morgan and his “Wall Street” dog attempt to derail the “Roosevelt Ltd.” train, which is headed toward “Nomination.” A log or large roll of paper labeled “The Sun New York” lies across the tracks where the train is approaching.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-15
Cartoon depicting four men around a cooking fire, three of which are identified as Senators Lodge, Quay, and Platt. At the left, Senator Hanna is arriving wearing a top hat and carrying a rifle. The men are attired in a mixture of frontier and Native American outfits.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-31
Political cartoon featuring Senator Hanna asking a small boy, labeled “Political Meddler” who is calling for a Hanna presidency, to be quiet. Hanna is guarding a cradle with two babies labeled “Capital & Labor Cradle.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04
Political cartoon featuring military and government officials attempting to avoid blame for the Samar campaign during the Philippine American War. President Roosevelt holds up General Jacob H. Smith’s order to Major Litttleton Waller Tazewell Waller to “Kill every one over ten years.” Smith, Waller, General Adna Romanza Chaffee, Secretary of War Root, and Lieutenant John H. A. Day stand in a circle while looking at the order and pointing at each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902