Your TR Source
President Roosevelt pushes hay up as the man up above screams. Caption: “President Roosevelt spends the day making hay.” — News Item.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-12
A donkey labeled “Democratic Party” stares at a dog labeled “Bryan” with the face of William Jennings Bryan, lying on a bed of hay labeled “Nomination.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-08-20
Thomas H. Netherland informs Noah Seaman that President Roosevelt has changed the date when his horses and supplies will be shipped to Oyster Bay. Netherland has not had a chance to see a dealer about hay, but expects to purchase one ton, which will be shipped with the horses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-08
Thomas H. Netherland asks Noah Seaman to write him as soon as possible about whether or not timothy hay should be purchased in Washington, D.C., and shipped to Oyster Bay with the horses. He advises Seaman that horses, supplies, and other various trunks and boxes will arrive at Oyster Bay on June 16 and asks for wagons to meet them at the station. The Roosevelts will arrive on June 20.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-02
Natalie A. Naylor describes the relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and his family with the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York, and his home, Sagamore Hill. Naylor looks at the history of the Roosevelt family on Long Island, and she emphasizes the important role Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt played in managing the Sagamore Hill farm and its finances. She highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s participation in gathering hay on the farm and his fondness for rowing in the nearby waters. Naylor also recounts the roles played by African Americans who worked and lived at Sagamore Hill, and she details the products of the farm and how they sustained the family.
Eight maps showing the evolution of Sagamore Hill and Long Island accompany the article as do seven photographs, five of which feature Theodore Roosevelt working and playing on his estate.
Three men pitch hay onto a horse drawn cart for transport. President Roosevelt stands on the far right observing the work.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-09-11
President Roosevelt stands with two dogs next to a haystack.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-09-11
Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker pulls a rope attached to the “Roosevelt tackle” that has Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna on it. Hanna holds a “presidential boom” sack and is headed for the “haymow” in the “Ohio G. O. P. farm.” There is a weather vane on the barn with an elephant that says, “Roosevelt 1904.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-28
In the “Field of Municipal Revenue,” a man labeled “Taxpayer” gleans the droppings labeled “Public Improvements” left behind by harvesters labeled “Political Boss, Franchise Lobbyist, Practical Politician, [and] Corrupt Politician” with a wagon-load of hay labeled “Deals, Franchise Grabs, Graft Contracts, Extravagance, Rake-offs, [and] Jobs.” The wagon is being driven by a man labeled “The Man Higher Up.” Caption: Formerly the impression prevailed that this gentleman owned the field.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-10-13
In a heart-shaped cameo, a young woman and a young man sit on hay in a barn during a rain storm.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-07-27