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President Roosevelt sits on a horse holding a “presidential boom” paper as he looks at the Great Sphinx which features the winking head of Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. The sphinx also holds a large paper that reads, “presidential boom.” Caption: The sphinx—also Napoleon. —F. Opper in New York American, with apologies to J. L. Gerome. (Copyright by W. R. Hearst).
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-29
President Roosevelt looks up at a sphinx with the likeness of Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. The caption on the sphinx reads, “Hanna boom 1904.” Roosevelt holds a “Guide to Political Washington D.C.” In the background, Major General Leonard Wood and Estes G. Rathbone fight atop two pyramids. Caption: A number of bills are being presented in Congress for the erection of monuments of noted statesmen in the Washington Parks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-24
Three pilgrims (Edward Henry Harriman, J. Pierpont Morgan, and James J. Hill) look toward the Sphinx that has President Roosevelt’s head. Caption: The Pilgrims Who Sought an Oracle Find a Sphynx
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-01
Lewis Morris Iddings, diplomat in Egypt, suggests that if President Roosevelt enters the continent by the Suez Canal there will likely be time for a trip to the pyramids and the sphinx, which would be a nice visit for Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-14
Emily Tyler Carow describes her experiences in Egypt, including her concern about an “undercurrent of hostility” that seems to be present in the Egyptian Arab people. Carow tells Roosevelt about her conversations with Lord Evelyn Baring Cromer and his dinner guests, which have been about topics such as the British occupation of Egypt, the American occupation of Cuba and the insular possession of the Philippines, whether Roosevelt will run for president again, and the natural beauty of the desert.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-01