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Davenport, Ira, 1841-1904

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Chronology January 1884 to December 1891

Chronology January 1884 to December 1891

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

They saw their “Flying Dutchman” – it crossed their path, and they were lost

They saw their “Flying Dutchman” – it crossed their path, and they were lost

A ship has lost its course and wrecked at the sight of the “Flying Dutchman” labeled “Speeches” with the face of James G. Blaine as the ship’s figurehead and using the “Bloody Shirt” as sails. Men cling to the wreck of the ship. Some are in the sea, and many are on the rocks. Some are identified as “Cornell, Wadsworth, Daggett, Catlin, Carr, O’Brien [who is clinging to “Davenport’s Bar’l”], Evarts, “Jake Hess,” Miller, T. Platt, Davenport, Sherman, Edmunds, [and] Jonah B. Foraker.” Among those unidentified are Whitelaw Reid holding a bottle labeled “Tribune Editorial Solace,” Joseph Pulitzer as a bird labeled “N.Y. World,” and John Logan.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-11-11

Good men on a bad platform

Good men on a bad platform

Three men labeled “Wadsworth, Davenport, [and] Genl. Carr,” hanging onto each other, stand on “The One Solid Plank” labeled “Financial & Civil-Service-Reform Resolutions” of a shaky platform that includes rotten boards labeled “The John Roach Issue,” “Protective-Tariff Fanaticism,” Bloody-Shirtism,” “Trumped-up Charges Against Cleveland,” and “Sham Patriotism.” A sign on the left states “Mugmumps Cordially Welcome” and one on the right states “Please Don’t Look at the Platform, Look at the Men,” and a sign in the background states “A Sound State Ticket – Three Honest Men.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-09-30

The two retired bar’ls

The two retired bar’ls

A man labeled “Flower” sits on a barrel labeled “For a Presidential Nomination Only,” and Samuel J. Tilden sits on a barrel labeled “Plenty of Advice but no Money, S. J. T.” They are back to back. Tilden is reading a book labeled “The Fraud of 1876.” In the background on the left is the gloomy “New York Democratic Camp” with several dejected-looking men in front of a tent with a sign that reads “We have lost our Bar’l; but we have a Patriot.” Across the ravine, on the right, is the jubilant “N. Y. Republican Camp” with several excited men, one holding a sign that states “We have a Bar’l and 2 Patriots.” On the ground is a barrel labeled “Davenport” and with a “$.” The Democratic ticket went on to win the New York State election in November.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1885-10-07