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Bedroom at Grace Green Alexander’s cottage at Profile House, New Hampshire. Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and her mother spent summers there from 1903-1906. When Eleanor married, her mother gave her all the furniture.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-1906
Vignettes illustrate the comforts of domestic life at home, with the central scene showing a man bathing in a bathtub.
“After Vacation” is typical of the non-political genre cartoons, collections of themed gags that by 1905 appeared roughly once a month in Puck magazine. They provide to later readers superb diaries of everyday life that might otherwise be lost to history.
This center-spread by J. S. Pughe is representative of a common theme and predictable commentary of the domestic life of the rising middle class in the United States between the 1880s and the 1920s. Many changes occurred in family life. Among these was the importance of having domestic help, to the diminution of cooks, maids and servants. Mirroring this was the introduction of “labor-saving” appliances and tools, from the garden to the kitchen. Suburban living evolved from an embarrassment to a sign of independence. Summer vacations to the countryside supplanted European travel as desirable targeted respites.
Photograph of bedroom #3 of residence #110 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Seasonal residence #129 is visible through the window.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1966-01-15
Photograph of bedroom #2 in residence #112 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1966-01-15
Photograph of back bedroom in residence #112 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-01-15
Photograph of bedroom #3 in residence #110 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-01-15
Photograph of bedroom #2 in residence #110 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-01-15
Photograph of a bedroom in residence #112 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-01-15
Interior photograph of the park superintendent’s master bedroom, located in housing at the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1969
Postcard showing a bedroom in The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. The room is fully decorated with furniture and artwork, including a matching canopied bed, chair, and curtains.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The great chamber or bed room in the House of Seven Gables.”
This postcard shows the bedroom which Napoleon Bonaparte used during his stays at the Grand Trianon palace. The room has a bed and several dressers with Greek-style urns, as well as chairs, tables, and a chandelier.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Napoleon also spent much of his leisure time here. This is the bed chamber of Napoleon. In the stables near by are several carriages and harness used by Napoleon. you may see there the carriage in which Napoleon rode during his coronation parade and many other carriages of equal fame.”
This postcard shows the lavishly decorated bedroom of King Louis XIV at Versailles, with decorations and furniture said to be the same as they would have been at the time of his death in 1715. The canopied bed is flanked to either side by large painted portraits. A railing separates the bed from the main part of the room.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is the bed room of Louis 14 showing this furniture and the bed upon which he died Spt.1 1715.”
This postcard shows the state bedroom in Buckingham Palace that is used for royal visitors. The room sports many chairs and couches, while the walls are lined with portraits.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The State Bedroom for Royal visitors.”
Photograph showing furnishings in President Roosevelt’s bedroom in the White House.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Photograph showing President Roosevelt’s bedroom in the White House.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Photograph shows furnishings in the White House bedroom of Alice Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
“Miss Democracy” lies on a donkey-skin rug before a fireplace in her boudoir or bedroom, as William Jennings Bryan, carrying a bouquet, enters through curtains in the background.
It is hard to imagine a more derisive and dismissive depiction of William Jennings Bryan as an aging lothario; the desirability of the Democratic Party’s nomination (an ugly old maid); or the party itself, shown as a ratty throw-rug. BIt is the political cartoonist’s prerogative to have fun with his art, even at the expense of his own political party.
Bryan, the once and future presidential candidate, was a natural foil for cartoonists; and so too, in this era, was the frustrated Democratic Party. Futility would be its lot in the upcoming election too.