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Home from the wars

Home from the wars

Nelson W. Aldrich is pictured as a medieval warrior returned home from battles in far-away lands. He is greeted by a robust, full-bosomed woman labeled “Privilege” with a large money bag hanging at her side, and a child labeled “Infant Industries.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-08-04

After many years

After many years

Britannia and Columbia shake hands from the bows of British and American battleships. Dark clouds behind Britannia are labeled “Eastern Question,” and behind Columbia are the dark clouds of war labeled “Spanish-American War.” Caption: Britannia – Daughter! / Columbia – Mother!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-06-15

The national him

The national him

An enormous Theodore Roosevelt strides ashore, waving a top hat and wearing the stars and stripes clothing of Uncle Sam, to a large, adoring crowd of well-wishers waving banners, blowing horns, shooting guns and firing salutes, and chanting a new national hymn (see centerfold). Caption: Roosevelt Number.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-06-15

When Teddy comes marching home

When Teddy comes marching home

Vignettes show Theodore Roosevelt holding an elephant skull labeled “G.O.P.,” quoting “Alas, poor Yorick!”; sending “a wireless message to the Reactionaries” of lightning bolts; becoming “the Magnet for Republican Politicians” at “Sagamore Hill” in “Oyster Bay”; dining with stuffed figures labeled “King, Emperor, Crown Prince, Grand Duke, [and] Czar” in a room lined with the stuffed heads of wild animals “until he can get used again to ordinary society”; and among cheering crowds during a raucous “Wall Street Welcome” that offends a statue of George Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1910-06-15

The return of the “prodigal father” at the “Puck” office – drawn by himself

The return of the “prodigal father” at the “Puck” office – drawn by himself

Print shows Joseph F. Keppler returning to the “PUCK Office” after a vacation in Europe, laden with a string of “Frankfurt” sausages, “Paris” wine, “Neuchâtel” cheese from “Austria”, an umbrella labeled “London”, and a large tankard labeled “Munich.” Puck rushes to greet him, and other staff crowd the office. On the left is the “Artists Dep[artment]” with “Gillam Hogarth, Opper Raphael, Gräetz Apelles, [and] Zim” emerging to welcome Keppler home. There is a cabinet at center, in the background, with bust models of William H. Vanderbilt, Benjamin F. Butler, George M. Robeson, James G. Blaine, Samuel J. Tilden, Carl Schurz, Ulysses S. Grant, Chester A. Arthur, James G. Bennett, and on a statue is a bust of Roscoe Conkling. Next to the “Editorial Department”, on the right, are books labeled “Harvey’s Meditations Among the Tombs, Congressional Record, Paley’s Natural Theology, Poetical Works of G.W. Childs, [and] London Punch”.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-10-10

When Teddy comes marching home

When Teddy comes marching home

This is a score with lyrics celebrating Theodore Roosevelt’s homecoming after his Africa trip from 1909-1910. Lyrics by Lew Evans and Charles Coleman. The front cover has an oval portrait of Roosevelt by the Pach Brothers, framed with a laurel wreath. Two flags are draped in the background. The first page is sample piano sheet music for “Ottawah [sic],” also by T. Jay Flanagan.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1910

When Teddy comes marching home

When Teddy comes marching home

Music and lyrics for “When Teddy Comes Marching Home,” written to the tune of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” and endorsing Theodore Roosevelt to run for President in 1912. The song was the “battle cry” of the Back from Elba Club which apparently sang this song at the 25th anniversary dinner of the Gridiron Club in 1910. Lyrics are on one side of the sheet, music on the reverse side.

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1912

When Teddy comes home with his gun

When Teddy comes home with his gun

Sheet music for “When Teddy Comes Home with His Gun,” a satire concerning Theodore Roosevelt’s African safari. Arranged by Christian A. Praetorius. Cover design, blue on white ground, is an illustration of Roosevelt marching with his rifle over his shoulder, dressed for his safari. On the ground behind him are elephant and hippo carcasses and a pile of bones. Three monkeys climb a pole behind Roosevelt. At the top of the pole is a Pach Bros. portrait of Roosevelt. Chickens, birds, a dog and a cat react to his coming (cat arches back, dog creeps away).

Collection

Gregory A. Wynn Theodore Roosevelt Collection

Creation Date

1910