Calcimining

Several senators—West Virginia Senator Nathan Bay Scott, Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver, Michigan Senator Julius C. Burrows, Pennsylvania Senator Boies Penrose, and Montana Senator Thomas Henry Carter—all white wash Benjamin F. Barnes. President Roosevelt holds the “big stick” and says, “Thicken your white wash and get to work, you clumsy Senate fellows” while South Carolina Senator Benjamin R. Tillman looks on and says, “Shame on you ind your ‘master.'”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-29

Creator(s)

Mahony, Felix, 1867-1939

President Roosevelt paints whitewash on “Dear Old Platt,” “Good Old Lou,” and “Bully Paul!”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-14

Creator(s)

Macauley, C. R. (Charles Raymond), 1871-1934

President Roosevelt uses “official whitewash” to paint Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton and First Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis. A man who has a “dismissal” paint can attached to himself runs away.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-22

Creator(s)

Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909

Several African men paint a rhinoceros with “whitewash,” pouring “fixative” on it. Caption: His widely advertised wish to capture a white rhinoceros in Africa may tempt the wily natives to get specimens ready for him.

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-03

President Roosevelt and a Republican elephant wear halos over their heads attached by sticks as Roosevelt holds “the olive branch of peace.” Beside him is a bucket with a sign that reads, “Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance whitewash.” The elephant has been whitewashed and has a sign that reads, “The whitewash on this animal is wet.” There is also a lamb with a sign: “We have adopted this beautiful little lamb.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

Creator(s)

Warren, Garnet