Candy

Thomas William Lawson stands among Christmas gifts and a notice posted on the wall, which states “Christmas Greeting to Lawson Put all insurance proxies in your possession on the State House Steps by 11:15 to night or–!!!” Lawson is surrounded by such gifts as a box of “Dynamite Perfectos Smoke Up! [from] Addicks,” a box of “Poisoned Candy Merry Xmas from McCall,” a large box labeled “Infernal Machine Best wishes of Wall St.,” a large jug with a skull and crossbones labeled “Drink Hearty from PA McCurdy,” a smoking bomb labeled “To Tom from John D.” nestled among flowers “From Rogers,” and a sword “From Hyde.” In the background is a Christmas tree with an oil can and one ornament showing a face.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-12-20

President Roosevelt thanks George H. Ham for the gift, and tells him “the maple candy will be appreciated not only by the children but by the grown-ups of the Roosevelt household.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A man labeled “Doctor” and a man labeled “Sexton” stand in the street outside a “Confectionery,” with a large colorful candy stick between them, labeled “Chrome Green, Chalk, Red Lead, Arsenic, Chrome Yellow, Vermillion, Verdigris, [and] Glucose.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-01-07

Creator(s)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894