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Postcard featuring the word “Delighted” in white letters on a blue background. A cowboy hat appears at the top right and pince nez glasses at the bottom left. A handwritten message written by an unknown individual to Margarette M. Robson is included on the reverse.
1908
Full-length portrait of Theodore Roosevelt standing and holding a hat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-07-06
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt standing in open carriage, tipping his hat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-05-22
Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt standing in open carriage tipping his hat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-05-22
Photograph showing President Roosevelt, standing in an open carriage with three other men, and tipping his hat to the public. A horse’s head takes up majority of right frame.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
President Theodore Roosevelt stands on the deck of a ship waving his hat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-10-08
Full-length standing portrait of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1901
President Roosevelt stands on the deck of a ship waving his hat.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-10-08
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt walking in top hat, tails, and medal with men, carriage, and horses in background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-06-23
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt seated in an automobile and smiling.
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1910-10-25
Reproduction of a caricature of Theodore Roosevelt by Gunter Brandt, showing Roosevelt speaking with his right arm raised and his hat in his left hand.
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1936
President Roosevelt wears a sultan’s turret, sits in the “White House,” and holds a rope attached to a Republican elephant. David B. Hill—”I am a Democrat”—is depicted as a rooster and stands on top of “Wolfert’s Roost.” In the background, a large sun with Alton B. Parker’s face and “safe and sane” rays shines while a “Bryanism” cloud covers part of the sun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-04
A woman wears a Rough Rider uniform and a “Roosevelt” hat while “Dame Democracy” attempts to select a hat. There are several options: “The ‘Dave Hill’: Any old price,” “The Parker: A new thing,” “The ‘Bryan’: In stock 8 years. Marked down from 16 to 1. Shop worn,” “The Cleveland: A star-eyed daisy.” “Dame Democracy” holds “The ‘Hearst’: Made of the yellowest material.” Caption: Miss Strenuous Republican to Dame Effete Democracy:—You seem to have trouble over your new Easter hat, my dear. Mine’s picked out, and it is the ruling style, I tell you!
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-20
Atlanta Mayor James T. Woodward, recently defeated for reelection, is dressed like Napoleon I and wears a bicorne with the label of “Woodward.”
This cartoon was clipped from the Atlanta Georgian and News and pasted in the scrapbooks of political cartoons kept by the White House during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Those clippings allowed Roosevelt to gauge public sentiment and to anticipate policy formation. It may be presumed he enjoyed cartoons too.
The vast majority of the clippings have Roosevelt as a figure, or otherwise comment on a vital issue he would address; the drawings seldom dealt with issues or personalities that were of very local, or transitory, import. This example seems to have slipped past the typically astute attention of the staffer.
There is a flurry of activity in Washington, D.C., with people running around and an “express wagon” and “florist.” A number of signs are posted: “Bulletin—It is proposed to run Mr. Longworth for governor of Ohio,” “Later!! He has just been mentioned for U.S. Senator,” “Bulletin—A real lace hat from Paris has just arrived via messenger boy,” and “Important bulletin—Mr. Longworth has just lighted another cigar. Great excitement prevails.” A newsboy holds a newspaper that reads, “Extra—Nick has just had a sandwich.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02
Black and white postcard with an illustration of a bull moose galloping towards the White House. The postcard also includes a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, an illustration of the “T. R. hat” and the phrase, “My hat is still in the ring.” On the reverse of the postcard, Florence writes to her Grandfather that the “old moose can wag his tail now but after the election it will be dead.”
1911-1912
The angry countenance of Father Knickerbocker looks down from storm clouds on a flood that has broken up “Tammany Hall” with the Tammany Tiger sitting on a partial building labeled “Tammany” and a group of Natives sitting on a ladder resting against the other half of the building labeled “Hall.” Other Natives are treading water. A bolt of lightning is labeled “Popular Condemnation.” Among those depicted as Natives are Richard Croker, Roswell P. Flower, William B. Cockran, James J. Martin, and Hugh J. Grant. Also shown are Charles A. Dana, Edward Murphy Jr., and George B. McClellan, and the top hat of John J. Scannell.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-05-09
Thomas B. Reed, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley are playing poker at the “Presidential Aspirants’ Poker Club.” Reed is wearing a crown and royal robe, Harrison is wearing his iconic top hat, and McKinley is dressed like Napoleon I and has a stack of red, white, and blue chips in front of him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-01-03
A large Easter bonnet casts shade over a small eclectic group of individuals.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-04-21
Print shows a hotel proprietor standing on the sea shore telling a sea serpent to go away before the summer tourists arrive. The serpent, wearing a hat, tells the man that it is about to shed its skin, which could be advertised as a “disrobing act.” Caption: Summer-Hotel Proprietor No; go away! Sea-serpents are out of date as attractions. / Sea-Serpent But I am just about to shed my skin; – couldn’t you advertise me as doing a disrobing act?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-06-07