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Uncle Sam buries the Statue of Liberty in a cemetery which has graves for Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Hawaii, as a man representing Cuba looks on. Item is regarding United States imperialism and how it treats those in newly acquired lands.
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1902-11-01
President Roosevelt is seen frantically looking at the claims of allies, international law, and various foreign language dictionaries as various countries clamor in more demands from doors, windows, and walls.
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1902-12-23
Uncle Sam watches as President Roosevelt tries to ride a bucking elephant labeled the Senate over a bridge towards the Canal and Cuban treaty legislation while prodding it with an extra session of Congress.
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1903-03-07
A man sits writing a treaty as various countries look over a fence at what he is doing; Uncle Sam sneaks around the corner of the fence. Caption: The Shot in Reply.
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1902-10-30
Cartoon shows Uncle Sam looking at a smoking cannonball as President Estrada Palma looks on benevolently from Cuba. Translation: “The episode is sparkling: raised on the fence above, are many eyes and ears expectant. Uncle Sam grows impatient but good Estrada Palma tells him: Sonny, be calm: let me count and recount.”
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1902-10-31
Cartoon shows Uncle Sam having a drink from a bottle marked Reciprocity with a Cuban grocer. Translation: “The Drunkard thinks one way, the Grocer another.”
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1902-10-28
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt hunting with a rifle labeled “The Message.” A bear is running away from him labeled “Cuban Reciprocity.”
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1902-11-08
President Roosevelt is shown playing a ring toss game. The ring he is holding is labeled “Presidential Power,” and one of the canes he is trying to toss it on is labeled “Cuban Reciprocity.”
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1902-07-08
A ring fighter named “Cuban Reciprocity” with “Ways and Means” and “Administration Promise” is knocking out the “Sugar Beet” trust.
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1902-03-12
Cartoon depicts a series of political pranks in honor of April Fools’ Day.
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1902-04-01
Cartoon depicts the Republican elephant trying to help Rathbone out of a Cuban prison when President Roosevelt notices the escape attempt.
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1902-04-02
At the upper left, labeled “1898,” Uncle Sam rolls up his sleeves, looking across the water threateningly at General Valeria` Weyler and his “Reconcentrado” camps in Cuba. At the lower right, labeled “1902,” Weyler, startled, looks across the water from Spain to the Philippines, where a sign has been posted, “Samar Div. All inhabitants (male and female) over 10 years of age must be exterminated. Smith. U.S.A.”
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1902-05-02
A blindfolded and policy-laden Republican elephant is being led by two blindfolded men towards the edge of a cliff labeled “Beef Trust,” as Theodore Roosevelt dressed as a Rough Rider runs after them.
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1902-04-28
President Roosevelt stands next to a large mug marked “reciprocity for Cuba.” Members of Congress stand off to the far side, arguing.
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1902-06-07
President Roosevelt is shown splitting a log labeled Republican Party, using a wedge labeled Reciprocity. Caption: The more conservative republicans say the Cuban question is too small to split the party, and they hope to see the old-time spirit of rallying together at the last minute prevail. But the opponents of reciprocity say they will stand out forever. – Washington dispatch.
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1902-06-14
Uncle Sam carries a giant scroll representing President Roosevelt’s message to Congress regarding commercial relief for Cuba. Men representing the “beet sugar” industry and “anti-reciprocity senators” are knocked out of the way as Uncle Sam marches on.
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1902-06-14
President Roosevelt stands and listens outside a door marked Congress with a giant hammer labeled “Cuban Question.” Uncle Sam stands behind him holding a giant scroll marked “Ship Canal” and “National Enterprise.”
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1902-06-15
President Roosevelt rides in on a horse with “Plain Duty” and “Cuban Reciprocity” marked in the clouds behind him. Congressmen scatter out of his way.
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1902-06-16
President Roosevelt rides his special message up to the Capitol building. Caption: The President is once more in the saddle for Cuba.
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1902-06-16
President Roosevelt, holding a whip labeled “Special Message,” tries to make a tired-looking Republican elephant do a trick to the music box labeled “Reciprocity.”
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1902-06-19