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Ruffian Roosevelt disguised in hunt for Ovis-Poli

Ruffian Roosevelt disguised in hunt for Ovis-Poli

An article featuring a postcard photograph of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and his brother Kermit Roosevelt. It shows the two huntsmen as they appeared at Srinagar, Kashmir, India, on emerging from the Himalayas after their successful quest for specimens of the rare sheep. Postcard was sent to Robert L. Bacon.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1926-01-24

The real Roosevelt

The real Roosevelt

President Roosevelt removes a mask depicting himself as a Quaker and bows in front of an elephant. The elephant wears an “imperialism” crown, a “postal fraud” mailbag and a “pension order” money bag on the elephant’s front two legs, and has “deficit,” “Addicks,” “extravagance,” and “subsidies” bandages. The elephant also wears a “tariff wall” and “the new diplomacy” seat, and grasps “the big stick” with its trunk, which also wears a “Littauer” glove.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-14