The Roosevelt bears at the circus
Roosevelt bear, Teddy G, rides a giraffe at the circus. Number 16 in a series of postcards depicting scenes from Seymour Eaton’s “Roosevelt Bears” books.
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Creation Date
1907
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Circus
It’s no use kicking, he must obey his boss
Thomas Collier Platt waves his top hat while riding on the back of a bucking donkey. The donkey is labeled “Tribune” and has the face of Whitelaw Reid, and is in the ring at the “G.O.P. Circus.” Among those in the audience is Chauncey M. Depew.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-02-05
The “peanut” Hagenbeck and his “senatorial courtesy” animal show
David B. Hill as the animal trainer Carl “Hagenbeck” performs a circus act with trained animals labeled “Murphy, Pugh, Chandler, Peffer, Morgan, Coke, Higgins, Stewart, Teller, Cullom, [and] Hoar.” Hill is standing at center with a bag of “Peanut Politics” at his feet. He holds a whip in his right hand and a string in his left, which is attached to a ring in the nose of “Murphy” as a dancing bear. “Pugh” as a monkey sits on the floor. The other animals are standing on short pedestals arranged around the rear of the cage.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1894-02-07
W-h-o-a!!!
William McKinley drives a large circus carriage labeled “McKinley’s Presidential Band Wagon” pulled by the Republican Elephant labeled “G.O.P.” The carriage has come to a stop in front of a sign at the edge of an abyss, which states, “Danger! Results of the McKinley Bill. Decline of wages. Desperate Labor Strikes, and Lock Outs. 1,000,000 Men Out of Employment. Falling off of Customs Revenues $157,000,000. Disappearance of Treasury Surplus of $100,000,000. Net Loss of Gold in Exports $200,000,000.” The abyss blocks McKinley from reaching the United States Capitol, seen at far right. The “Band” in the wagon is comprised of “M.A. Hanna,” Andrew “Carnegie,” John D. “Rockefeller,” Theodore and possibly Henry O. “Havemeyer,” and Whitelaw Reid playing a drum labeled “N.Y. Tribune.” Marching behind the wagon are men carrying banners labeled “Trusts” and “Monopoly.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-04-29
“Step up, gentlemen, and try your luck!”
A ringmaster labeled “Harrity Chairman Dem. Natl. Com.” stands on the left, offering an opportunity to ride the Democratic Donkey which wears a saddle labeled “1896” and “$50,000 a year for the man who can ride on this donkey to the White House.” Several reluctant man observe from the grandstands. They are identified as “Stevenson, Hill, Pattison, Olney, Matthews, [and] Campbell”, and William R. Morrison. In the background, riding on the Republican Elephant labeled “1896” are “McKinley, Morton, Reed, Allison, [and] Quay.” McKinley holds a pennant labeled “Protection.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-04-15