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The carol of the “waits”

The carol of the “waits”

A group of office seekers labeled “McLean, Pulitzer, Dorsheimer, Blackburn, McLaughlin, Hill, [and] Dana” sing Christmas carols outside the “White House” where President Cleveland is visible through a window. Their carol goes: “God rest you, merry gentlemen, / May nothing you dismay; / Remember us poor spoilsmen left / This blessed Christmas Day. / Since Christmas comes but once a year, / Oh, let us share your Christmas cheer, / And chuck one little office here / On Christmas Day in the A. M.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-12-23

The toy department

The toy department

A crowd of parents and children shop in the toy department of a department store at Christmas, where Santa Claus surrounded by a group of parents. Caption: “Bring the little ones; let them enjoy this wonderful Christmas Carnival to their hearts’ content.”–Extract from a department store adv.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-12-17

Christmas at Washington

Christmas at Washington

Several members of Congress stand around a large Christmas tree labeled “Tax Surplus” decorated with money bags labeled “Surplus.” The legislators carry bags in which to place the bags of surplus they pluck from the tree. Among those identified are Charles W. Jones holding a bag labeled “Naval,” William E. Chandler holding a bag labeled “Subsidies for a Merchant Steam Marine,” William Mahone holding a bag labeled “Public Buildings and Grounds,” John A. Logan holding a bag labeled “Appropriations” and reaching for a sack on the tree, Joseph W. Keifer lifting George M. Robeson holding a bag labeled “Partners in the New Naval Scheme,” John Roach holding a bag labeled “New Navy Scheme,” Henry L. Dawes holding a bag labeled “River & Harbor Bill,” Francis M. Cockrell holding a bag labeled “Improvement of Mississippi River,” Eugene Hale holding a bag labeled “River & Harbor Bill,” John J. Ingalls holding a bag labeled “More Pensions,” Benjamin F. Jonas holding a bag labeled “Improvement of Mississippi River,” and Elbridge G. Lapham who is speaking to two well-dressed women, one holding a bag labeled “Lobby.” Lapham is also depicted in the angel at the top of the tree holding a banner labeled “Help Yourself.” Uncle Sam dances with three men in the foreground and, on the right, a lone “Taxpayer” stands outside in the snow.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-12-19

A moment of anxiety – who is going to get left?

A moment of anxiety – who is going to get left?

President Cleveland, as Santa Claus, stands in front of a fireplace where stockings are hung from the mantle. He has a large sack of toys labeled “Navy, Treasury, Interior, Justice, State, [and] War Dept.” on his back, and a cat that looks like John Kelly lies at his feet. Watching from around the room are “Bayard, Randall, Cox, Barnum, McDonald, Slocum, Lamar, Morrison, [Garland], Tilden, Carlisle, Hewitt, Watterson, [and] Thurman,” and asleep in a cradle labeled “Independence” is either Carl Schurz or Joseph Pulitzer.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-12-24

Olde Christmas

Olde Christmas

Two winter scenes are depicted with a verse by Breton Braley printed between them. On the left is “The Christmas Coach” showing a stagecoach with passengers riding on top, with a crescent moon and winter spirits in the night sky. On the right is “The Spirit of the Snow” showing the Snow Spirit spreading snow over a city at night with a church in the background. Each half of the spread includes a remarque at the bottom signed with monogram (E within a box) and showing a 19th century farmhouse and a church.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-12-19

Santa Claus in Wall Street

Santa Claus in Wall Street

An angry mob of bankers, brokers, and financiers threaten Santa Claus who is hanging off the statue of George Washington outside Federal Hall in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Caption: Chorus of Bankers and Brokers — Just say Christmas to us this year, that’s all! We dare you!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-12-10

Suburban hospitality

Suburban hospitality

A guest arrives at a suburban family’s home on Christmas Eve. The guest is welcomed and given a drink and a large meal where he carves the turkey. After the children are put to bed, he helps decorate the Christmas tree, reviews building plans while standing in the snow at midnight, and sleeps under a pile of blankets. He wakes at 5:00 a.m. on Christmas day to a “chorus” of children playing musical instruments and cries of delight over their Christmas presents. He is fed a huge breakfast, after which he pulls the children on their sleds. Finally, he announces that he must get back to the city and makes his departure, only to be left sitting on an outdoor bench, in the cold, at the “Welcomehurst” train station.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-12-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Quentin Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was sorry to hear that Quentin Roosevelt contracted pneumonia and had a melancholy Christmas. At Sagamore Hill, the holiday was enlightened by Richard Derby, Jr., and Edith Roosevelt Derby. Roosevelt is indignant that Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt and Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt have suggested that Quentin is an embusque, a person seeking to avoid military service. He doubts that they were being serious and notes several positive statements that have appeared in print from men who had served with Quentin. Roosevelt encourages Quentin to write steadily to his mother and Flora Whitney. He continues to do nothing, occasionally writing or speaking as poor substitutes for action. Roosevelt hopes that his work will help remedy some of the army’s shortcomings and speed up the war.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-01-18