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President Roosevelt places his hand on a globe and says, “I would not have you preach an impossible ideal,” to a bunch of older men who are teachers.
On February 24, 1908, President Roosevelt hosted a delegation of the National Education Association at the White House. He delivered lengthy remarks, a transcript of which was published throughout the country and in the NEA’s Journal.
President Roosevelt wears a “world’s champion peacemakers medal” as he looks over the globe and asks, “Any more peace needed down there, neighbors?” He holds olive branches and a dove in one hand and a “long distance peace telescope” in the other. “France” and John Bull hung each other on one side while “Spain” says, “He let me in on the peace ground floor.” A man in Africa holds a paper that reads, “all quiet across the Congo,” and says, “I’ll wire this to Teddy!” Meanwhile, Russian Emperor Nicholas II and Japanese Emperor Meiji bow toward one another. German Emperor William II puts his finger to his hand and says, “Well, I’ve got to keep quiet or Roosevelt will be after me.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-31
Uncle Sam holds a large globe in his right hand as President Roosevelt applauds him and says, “Fine.” Caption: Uncle Sam—”Teddy, it’s getting easier to play with this ball than it used to be.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-08
Architect J. Stewart Barney encloses a letter written to Right Reverend Henry Yates Satterlee. Barney needs information for a lectern he is working on and Rev. Dr. Goodwin suggested that he contact President Roosevelt. He encloses a photograph of the model, apologizes for the quality of the photograph, and explains his design that symbolizes “the union of England and America.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-17
William N. Tilchin argues that three principles that guided the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt–the global interests principle, the power principle, and the civilization principle–were also at the heart of the bipartisan foreign policy of the United States that prevailed in the Cold War. Tilchin gives examples of how each of these principles manifested themselves during Roosevelt’s presidency, citing Roosevelt’s mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, the growth of the U.S. Navy, and a warm relationship with Great Britain. Tilchin says that these principles were largely ignored by Roosevelt’s successors, but that they were rediscovered during World War II and sustained during the Cold War.
A photograph of Tilchin appears in the article, and the article is followed by a full-page photograph of Roosevelt standing next to, and with his right hand resting on a large globe.
A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt with his right hand resting on a large globe appears on the front cover of this issue while the back cover features an illustration of Sagamore Hill by the artist Vernon Howe Bailey.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1936
The front cover features a caricature of Theodore Roosevelt by cartoonist C.R. Macauley depicting Roosevelt as a battleship with “The Big Stick” held in his mouth. Two quotations from Roosevelt serve as captions for the cartoon. The photograph on the back cover shows Roosevelt standing next to a large globe.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1901-1903
The front cover announces that this issue contains two indexes to the articles and pictures found in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal covering the years 1975-1992. The back cover features a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt with his right hand resting on a large globe.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1993
Full-length portrait of Theodore Roosevelt seated in a chair, holding a book, next to a globe.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-01-02
Full-length portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt seated in a chair next to a large globe.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
President Roosevelt wears a papal crown with dollar signs and holds a globe with a line down the middle. Caption: Pope Roosevelt: What lies to the left of this chalk line belongs to American politics, and what lies to the right of it belongs to American world trade! [After Columbus’ first trip to America, Pope Alexander VI. divided the world through a demarcation line and determined sovereignty in both halves of the world.]
Lyonel Feininger, the north German cartoonist, employed not so much anti-Catholic references as Catholic history in this cartoon characterizing President Theodore Roosevelt as a modern-day Pope Alexander VI. As per the pontiff, Roosevelt is depicted as diving the world in two parts… and laying claim and control over both parts.
The the decade largely filled by Roosevelt’s presidency, the United States officially achieved status as the world’s greatest manufacturing and agricultural exporting power. People sensed it would be the “American century” — not the least in Germany were those changes noted — and Roosevelt’s domestic and foreign policies took due note of the new status, and the importance of managing it well.
President Roosevelt cleans Joseph Pulitzer in a “reform” washtub. Around Roosevelt is a basket of “more rascals.” There is also a globe, “Congressional rascals,” Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, and three newspapers–“N. Y. World,” “Indianapolis News,” and “disreputable journalism.” In the back are men hanging on the clothesline: Edward Henry Harriman, “trusts,” “Post Office rascal,” “lumber rascal,” “coal rascal,” and “political rascal.”
As habitual opponents of President Roosevelt among political cartooning’s ranks drew summations of the controversies, enemies, and issues of the administration during its last weeks, so did supporters. Their cartoons similarly provide future researchers with virtual checklists of the disputes and rivalries that often underpinned the notable news headlines.
President Roosevelt holds “the big stick” golf club as he is prepares to hit a globe golf ball. Secretary of State John Hay, acting as Roosevelt’s caddie and holding several other golf clubs—”conservatism,” “statesmanship,” “diplomacy,” “tact,” and “arbitration”—looks on. Caption: A would-be champion, who is somewhat erratic, labors under the disadvantage of wielding a very large stick, and insists on playing with a big ball, but they say that his caddie is fine, and will pull him through.—From the Baltimore News.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10
A statue of President Roosevelt stands on a plinth, holding “the big stick” and “the Earth.” New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt lies on the ground pointing accusingly at New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell holds a “governor” sword. In the background, Abraham Gruber, Lemuel Ely Quigg, and John Raines brandish their swords and walk away.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
Theodore Roosevelt seated in a chair by a large globe.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1908
Newspaper editor Joseph Pulitzer, as Atlas, supports a globe labeled “American Affairs, English Affairs, African Affairs, Cuban Affairs, [and] South American Affairs” on his back. He is sitting at a desk, drafting “Instructions to Congress,” and handing a “Telegram to Prince of Wales” to a messenger boy. On the floor around him are other communications labeled “Program for the Senate, Advice to the Cabinet, Commands to Sec. Carlisle – Issue a Pulitzer Loan At Once!, How the Country Must Be Run, [and] Orders to Foreign Powers.” A notice hanging on the wall states “Our Motto – Sensation! Sensation! Sensation!!” Pulitzer is perspiring from the burden of his labors.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-01-29
Advertisement, with testimonials, for the globes and maps of the International Globe Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
A human figure with a large globe for a head looks at a campaign poster labeled “Vote For William Jenkins the People’s Choice,” showing a bust portrait of Jenkins that has been pasted on a wooden fence. Below the poster is a diminutive William Jenkins, scowling, holding a newspaper with the headline “Election Extra – Jenkins Loses,” as he walks away to the right.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-11-05
In this portrait, President Roosevelt is seated next to a large globe with a book in his lap and wearing a polka-dotted vest and pince-nez. The globe shows the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905
Full-length portrait of President Roosevelt standing next to a large globe.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-02-24