Chess

Charles Henry Brent, Episcopalian Bishop of the Philippine Islands, writes to Reverend Lyman Abbott due to Abbott’s interest in helping him ensure “clean, manly sport” for the young American men living in Manila, Philippines, who are members of Brent’s “Columbia Club.” Brent explains that in his “tilt against betting in high places,” he prefers to give the winners a trophy rather than prizes. Brent hopes that The Outlook, of which Abbott is the editor, might willing to provide the trophy for tennis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-12

Creator(s)

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

President Roosevelt plays chess with Edward Henry Harriman, who reaches under the table and attempts to shake the hand of Uncle Sam, who is labeled, “the public.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

A game of chess is being played on the “[Depar]tment of Police” board, between a hand labeled “Political Pull” showing a cufflink labeled “Brass Check” and a hand labeled “Reform.” Some of the squares are labeled “Race Track, Suburbs, White Lights, Gambling District, Goatville, Financial District, Tenderloin, Red Light District, Lonely Beat, [and] Hell’s Kitchen.” The chess pieces are police officers, some in plainclothes, labeled “Crooked Captain, Inspector, Sleuth, ‘Fixed’ Captain, Honest Captain, Grafting Captain, Honest Inspector, Plainclothes Man, [and] Sergeant.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1906-11-21

The Brooklyn Chess Club invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend the international chess match between the United States and Great Britain played over cable on April 21 and 22, 1911.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04

Creator(s)

Brooklyn Chess Club

Theodore Roosevelt appears as a two-faced Janus chess game piece. On the left is an angelic “Roosevelt The National Savior” and on the right a devilish “Roosevelt the National Menace.” Caption: It all depends on the way you look at him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-11-09

Creator(s)

Nankivell, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1869-1959