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Walter F. McGinnis asks Theodore Roosevelt to promote the Kaffir Corn Carnival in the Outlook and invites Roosevelt to attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-07
A scarecrow in a corn field, labeled “Nomination,” is fashioned out of pieces of cloth labeled with the names of several states: “Indiana, Illinois, Mass., Mich., Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, West Virginia, [and] New Jersey.” It wears a sash labeled “Repudiation.” Standing in the background is a farmer wearing a hat labeled “Democracy” and carrying a rifle labeled “Nat’l. Convention.” A crow labeled “Bryan,” with the face of William Jennings Bryan, is sitting on a fence, eyeing the corn field. Caption: The Democratic Farmer — If that doesn’t keep him out, I’ve got something here that’ll fix him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-09-23
President Roosevelt tells Frances Morris Ward that he does not think he can do anything “for maize as an emblem.” That sort of matter has to be “decided by popular wish and agitation.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-29
A number of men stand around an ailing mule with two brands: “W. J. B. 1900” and “W. J. B. 1896.” Alton B. Parker tries to feed the mule “Parker golden corn” and ponders, “I wonder will he swallow this?” William Francis Sheehan has a telegram, August Belmont holds “clippers,” William Bourke Cockran has “ginger,” David B. Hill holds a “whip,” and Patrick Henry McCarren holds a “knife.” Henry Gassaway Davis comes running toward the mule and says, “I’ve got the remedy.” The train at the “Esopus Station” has smoke that reads, “from West Virginia.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-17
A well-dressed farmer stands beside crops littered on the ground as he smokes a cigar.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08