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A donkey eats grass in front of the White House and says, “There’s something doing today sure.” Caption: Tom’s steed, Greenbacks, dines off white house grass while his master enjoys a substantial luncheon within the house.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-09
William Jennings Bryan, as a farmer, drives a wagon packed high with farm produce labeled “Popularity” past a signpost labeled “to 1908 Market.” The wagon is drawn by a diminutive donkey struggling to pull the weight. Caption: Can he keep his vegetables fresh till he gets there?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-08-29
President Roosevelt, as a southern plantation owner, rides on a donkey, holding an umbrella, a jug of “Corn Lickker” behind him. William Loeb walks behind, holding the donkey’s tail. In the background, perched on a tree, is a bird labeled “Vardaman.” Caption: “Way down South in the land of cotton.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-10-18
President Roosevelt, as a trainer in a circus, holds a whip and is getting tangled in ropes attached to a hippopotamus labeled “The Trusts,” an elephant labeled “G.O.P.”, a donkey labeled “Panama,” and two natives labeled “San Domingo” and “Philippines.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-08
William Jennings Bryan sits on a donkey on the “Democratic Merry-Go-Round.” He is holding up a yellow, diminutive William Randolph Hearst who has a small sword labeled with dollar signs ($) in his right hand, attempting to spear the “Nomination” hanging at the bottom of the canopy of the merry-go-round.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-06-15
Theodore Roosevelt shares his observations on animal coloration with C. Hart Merriam and asks where he can get some of Merriam’s lectures on protective coloration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-04-09
President Roosevelt thanks John L. Harrington for the letter, and says that he will need the animals and saddles in about a year. He asks, though, that Harrington write to F. R. Wingate, who will also be furnishing some mules and donkeys, as he does not want his two friends to be working at cross purposes. Roosevelt expects to take Harrington’s advice and begin shooting at Gambela.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-06
President Roosevelt thanks John L. Harrington for sending a map, which gave him exactly the information he wanted. Roosevelt is extremely eager to get to Africa for his safari, and appreciates all the assistance Harrington has given him in writing to various people.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-29
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
A group photograph showing Archibald B. Roosevelt, Nicholas Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Uncle Jimmy Owens, Quentin Roosevelt, and Jesse Cummins standing in front of Owens’ cabin on the North Rim. Several donkeys and dogs, including Pott Hound, and Brighty the donkey, are also in the photograph.
1913
A group photograph showing Archibald B. Roosevelt, Nicholas Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Uncle Jimmy Owens, Quentin Roosevelt, and Jesse Cummins standing in front of James T. Owens’ cabin on the North Rim. Several donkeys and dogs, including Pott Hound, and Brighty the donkey, are also in the photograph.
1913
Photograph of a pack train on a sandstone dune on the way to Rainbow Bridge. Several horses, a donkey, and a man are shown in the photograph.
1913
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Postcard featuring a depiction of President Roosevelt riding a donkey while visiting Colorado. The postcard features a handwritten note from Anna Mylander Faust and George F. Faust to his mother, Christine Faust, about a trip to a gold mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1904
Faust, Anna Mylander, 1869-1939; Faust, George F., 1862-1930
A postcard showing a tree-lined road leading to arched, stone city gates. Pedestrians visible on the sidewalk with an individual riding a pack donkey on the road.
Unknown
Blank postcard showing a young Robert F. Bates perched atop a donkey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911
A postcard featuring a color illustration of a child riding on a white donkey. The words printed under the illustration say “A ROUGH RIDER.” There is a handwritten message to Mary Jamison, possibly from Louise, which says the writer is having a “fine time,” and the child in the illustration might look like one of Jamison’s babies. The back of the postcard contains Jamison’s address and two postmarks, one for September 12, 1904, in Monessen, Pennsylvania, and one for September 16, 1904, in Grand Canyon, Arizona.
1904-09-12
A postcard featuring a child wearing overalls and a straw hat, riding on a black donkey. The words “A ROUGH RIDER” are printed under the illustration.
1907-1914
This image depicts two sphinx-like figures, one with the head of Theodore Roosevelt, and the other with the head of William Jennings Bryan. Beneath these figures stand two figures representing the two main political parties holding their hats in their hands, along with question marks. This is likely in reference to the influence that both men held in their respective parties, and the lingering questions of who they would endorse (or indeed, if they would run for the presidency themselves).
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
This cartoon depicts a race between the three candidates of the 1912 presidential election sitting astride animals symbolizing their respective parties: Wilson riding a donkey, Taft riding an elephant, and Roosevelt riding a moose. The White House sits in the background as the ultimate finish line. Taft and Wilson are neck and neck, while Roosevelt’s moose bites at Taft’s elephant, seemingly distracting it and slowing it down.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912