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President Roosevelt watches from Washington, D.C., as a man labeled “Oklahoma” rides the “statehood” goat. An American eagle cries, “Hold fast!” On the ground are papers: “laws” and “Constitution.” Caption: Not quite, but almost.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-30
President Roosevelt does not recall hearing of a white goat in the Little Missouri Badlands and would be surprised if one was found there. He thanks Myron Francis Westover for the account of a Montana hunt, which he will read with great interest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-29
Alexander Lambert cannot visit on the day he has suggested, as the White House is full. President Roosevelt also cannot go walking on Sunday as Lambert requested, because there will be crowds and it is the day he rides with Edith Roosevelt. He requests that Lambert speak to C. Hart Merriam in person about the white goat matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-20
President Roosevelt thanks William T. Hornaday for sending the photograph of the cougar and goat. Roosevelt asks for more information on how the cougar eats his kill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-17
Colorized stereograph of a sailor peeling potatoes on board the USS Connecticut. The sailor has a small tattoo on his forearm. Next to the sailor, a collared goat is seen eating potato peels. Text on the reverse of the stereograph discusses pets on navy ships.
Duane G. Jundt Theodore Roosevelt Collection
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This postcard shows a woman milking a goat to directly feed to a young child. The goat stands near a sheep, both of which are tied to a gate in a fence.
1910
This postcard shows a young child drinking milk directly from a goat, which stands on a chair.
1910
A goat with a head that resembles David B. Hill rams its head into the “administration’s Panama policy” brick wall. Three goats watch in the background. One asks, “Are you going to try it, Billy?” Another says, “How do you like my Panama accordian pleat?” A bald eagle and “Panama” watch from the top of the brick wall and chuckle.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-05
Uncle Sam waves an American flag as President Roosevelt on a Republican elephant, Alton B. Parker on a Democratic donkey, and Thomas E. Watson on a goat hobbyhorse line up.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-06
President Taft, as the biblical Aaron, pushes a goat labeled “Cannon.” Caption: “And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities … and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.” Leviticus XVI, 22.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-10-12
A man wearing a crown labeled “Money Power” sits on a throne at his place of business labeled “Goats to Satisfy Popular Clamor,” among goats in cages labeled “Insurance Goat, Political Goat, Clerical Goat, Banking Goat, Labor Goat, Trust Goat, [and] Wall St. Goat.” At his feet is a wastebasket filled with papers labeled “Indictments.” A policeman labeled “The Law” is dragging a goat toward a crowd reaching for someone or something to blame, with one man pointing to a “Jail” in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-01-17
President Roosevelt informs Eliot C. Clarke that he read his letter regarding Angora goats to the Cabinet for their entertainment as well as the edification of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and to cheer up Secretary of State John Hay.
1905-06-20
C. B. Nordhoff has read President Roosevelt’s The Wilderness Hunter and is interested in the goats that Roosevelt describes as living in Southern and Baja California. Nordhoff argues that he has hunted in this region and has never heard of any goats such as Roosevelt described, although he does admit to seeing bighorn sheep.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-27