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Abbott Handerson Thayer writes about the critical response to his book “Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom.” Thayer provides several examples to support his argument that all animal coloration is camouflage.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-10
An animal labelled “Hanna pres. boom” follows Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna who stomps his foot. Caption: Uncle Mark.—”Go home, sir!—”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01
President Roosevelt walks into a clearing of animals with his rifle where a snake, bear, cougar, and rabbit holding signs that read “Immune. I’m a ‘practical’ varmint,” “Immune. Grandfather of the teddy-bear,” “Immune. Testified against fakirs,” and “Immune. A friend of John Burroughs.”
W. A. Rogers, a nationally celebrated cartoonist of thirty years’ work, was not above falling back on tired themes. Theodore Roosevelt’s passion for hunting, the apparent contradiction of his fervent conservation work with that passion, and the comic possibilities inherent in anthropomorphic creatures made cartoons like this virtually inevitable, and frequent.
President Roosevelt walks into a clearing of animals with his rifle where a snake, bear, cougar, and rabbit holding signs that read “Immune. I’m a ‘practical’ varmint,” “Immune. Grandfather of the teddy-bear,” “Immune. Testified against fakirs,” and “Immune. A friend of John Burroughs.” Caption: Prepared.
President Roosevelt went on an extended bear hunt near Stamboul, Louisiana, between October 6 and October 19, a rather long vacation away from the public in the middle of an extended speaking tour. It was in a part of the country, the canebrakes stretching between Mississippi and Louisiana, where a bear hunt early in his presidency, where the incident leading to the legend of the teddy bear arose.
President Roosevelt chases the “American Society of Nature Fakers” into the woods with a large “federal regulation” big stick. There are books and papers in the foreground, including “The Call of the Riled by Jack Onion” and a crowd of people watching in the background.
At first glance this cartoon might seem to be an allegory, one of many that addressed President Roosevelt using the Big Stick to bring malefactors in the business world to justice. Instead it is a straightforward depiction of one of several non-political causes taken up by the peripatetic president at this time.
“The Press” tries to walk toward the “cabinet” car, which includes Secretary of State Elihu Root, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of War William H. Taft, Attorney General William H. Moody, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte, and Secretary of Commerce Victor H. Metcalf, but “Headkeeper” William Loeb holds “the big stick” and tells him to stop. There is a dove of “peace” on the car and a sign that reads, “This way to the stuffed bears and mountain lions.” President Roosevelt rides away on an elephant.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-22
Uncle Sam points President Roosevelt, who holds his rifle, to the “grafter’s paradise” woods. There are a number of wild animals in there, including a “government land grabber” beaver, a “tobacco trust” hog, a “Tammany” tiger, and a “Panama Canal” cat. Caption: “Mr. President, there’s the big game. Now, fire away!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09
This issue of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research consists mainly of an account by H. Rider Haggard attesting that a dream he had of a dog is evidence of a psychic connection. Haggard dreamed of a dog with whom he was familiar, and believed that the dog was communicating that it was dying. He later learned that the dog had indeed died. Supporting accounts from Haggard’s household confirm his report of a dream, and investigations from the surrounding area confirm the approximate time of the dog’s death. An additional letter at the end of the journal provides further details about a previously reported meeting with famed psychic and spiritualist D. D. Home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10
The author writes to John P. Babcock, chief deputy of the California Fish and Game Commission, enclosing a letter from Schuyler Colfax Hain regarding Pinnacles National Monument. He argues that while it is not worth maintaining the region in question for the sake of its timber, it should be preserved as a breeding ground for animals and birds.
Pinnacles National Park
1911-01-07
This draft of the Environmental Statement for the proposed Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park includes four parts: a summary and description of the proposal for Congress to designate 28,335 acres as wilderness, a description of the environment including geology and plant and animal life, an outline of environmental impact, and an outline of mitigating measures.
Denver Public Library
1972-09-10
The Theodore Roosevelt quote on this postcard reads: “True liberty shows itself to best advantage in protecting the rights of others.”
1910
The Theodore Roosevelt quote on this postcard reads: “There is need of a sound body and even more need of a sound mind. But above mind and above body stands character.”
1910
The Theodore Roosevelt quote on this postcard reads: “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
1910
The Theodore Roosevelt quote on this postcard reads: “We believe that our ideals should be high, but not so high as to make it impossible measurably to realize them.”
1910
The Theodore Roosevelt quote on this postcard reads: “The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.”
1910
The quote on this postcards reads: “The power of accepting individual responsibility and yet of acting in conjunction with others, courage and resolution-these are the qualities which mark a masterful people.”
1910
The Theodore Roosevelt quote on this postcards reads: “Sentimentality is the most broken reed upon which righteousness can lean.”
1910
The Theodore Roosevelt quote on this postcard reads: “Moreover, and above all, let us remember that words count only when they give expression to deeds.”
1910
Animated cartoon beginning with a character representing Paul James Rainey, explorer and hunter, being washed overboard. He swims to a barrel, climbs in, then grabs hold of a whale’s tail, who tows him toward shore where he lands. A bird resembling an ostrich lays an egg. Rainey sits on the egg which hatches. He rides a bird while being chased by a lion and is saved by a native. The bird chases the lion and throws him out to sea where he is swallowed by whale. A native takes Rainey to a wedding feast at which Rainey is the intended groom. Rainey runs away, jumps into barrel and floats out to sea while natives gather at shore. The interior titles describing the action of the cartoon are written in the form of limericks.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1911
An automobile driver is pursued by the ghosts of many animals that have probably been hit and killed by automobile drivers since the invention of the automobile.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-04-20