Horse-drawn vehicles

Uncle Sam drives President Roosevelt in a horse-drawn carriage labeled “3rd Term” at a fast speed while an elephant races by.

comments and context

Comments and Context

The Washington Herald‘s cartoonist Jack H. Smith drew a typically challenging cartoon in 1907, maybe as obscure to contemporary readers as to those a century later. The challenge is not to expect yet another reference to President Roosevelt’s declination to be a candidate in 1908, predictably questioned by cartoonists, but why the president is in the sulky (here, a carriage, with Uncle Sam at the reins) if he is unwilling to race toward a renomination. The gait is faster than a harness race, but logical horses had left the gate, so to speak; and the racing elephant utilized Smith’s cartooning “mascot” rather than implying that the Republican Party was ahead of the plans of Uncle Sam, or Roosevelt, perhaps.

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Colorized postcard showing two horse-drawn vehicles on a treelined mountain road in Yellowstone National Park. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Colorized postcard showing a street-level view of a city street lined with buildings. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians visible. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Colorized postcard showing a horse-drawn vehicle on a road passing through a tree-lined canyon, Gardiner Canyon. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Colorized postcard showing a panoramic view of a tree-lined mountain, National Park Mountain, in the background, with a river in front of it. In the foreground, a horse-drawn vehicle is on a road. The number designation on the front indicates the postcard is part of a series. 

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Postcard showing a panoramic view of a large building, Union Station in Washington D. C., with columns, arched entrances, and a semi-arched central ceiling. Cars, pedestrians, trolley cars and horse-drawn vehicles visible throughout the foreground.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Looking down the hill from the Capitol we see the Union Station which in the finest station building in the world. It was built by the Government and the railway compaines [sic]. To the left is shown the presidents private entrance to the very fine waiting rooms provided for him.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Postcard showing a panoramic view of a street and buildings in Algiers, Algeria. Charles C. Myers notes that most of the buildings are made from white stone, which makes for a beautiful view when framed against the blue Mediterranean Sea.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is a closer view of part of the city, showing one of the principal boulevards of the city. They also have an excellent electric car system.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Postcard showing a city street with neoclassical style buildings in the background. Multiple horse-drawn carriages in the street. Charles C. Myers identifies the building on the left as the Bank of England and describes the building’s architecture. 

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Here is another of the busy corners of London. We see here the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange. The bank of England is said to be the largest bank and do more business than any other individual bank in the whole world. The building itself has no doors or windows except one small entrance. It is wholly lighted and ventilated from within. “

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Postcard showing a street with street trolleys and horse-drawn vehicles. Large buildings visible in the background. Charles C. Myers identifies it as the Thames Embankment in London, England.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is Thames Embankment, another one of Londons [sic] favorite driveways and is directly along the bank of the Thames River. On the left is The Strand Hotel and on the right you can see Cleopatra’s Needle that was brought over from Egypt in 1878. It is about the same as Cleopatra’s Needle in New York, being 68 ft high and weighing 180 tons.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Postcard showing a stone bridge spanning a river with horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians. A barge is visible on the river, and buildings are in the background. Charles C. Myers identifies it as the reconstructed London Bridge across the Thames River. It carries a large amount of London’s traffic.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is the noted London Bridge and until 1769 this was the only bridge across the Thames River at London and it is still the most noted structure across the river. The real London bridge was several times destroyed by the raging river and as many times remodeled. The structure as it now stands was completed in 1831 at a cost of 3 1/2 million dollars. The bridge is 928 ft long and 63 ft wide. It is said the daily patronage of the bridge is about 22,000 vehicles and 110,000 persons on foot.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Postcard showing a large fortification comprised of multiple buildings in the background and a cobblestone street with horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground. Charles C. Myers identifies the complex as the London Tower where kings and queens were imprisoned.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “You have often heard of London Tower, and I doubt not you naturally supposed it was some large edifice towering far into the sky–but not so. About the year 1078 there was built a stone building 137 x 132 ft with walls 90 ft high and 15 ft thick. This was built to use as a fort and was called London Tower, but it is now known as the White Tower–being whitewashed, since then from time to time there has been other buildings added to the place until what is now known as London Tower is a group of buildings covering about 130 acres of ground and situated on the east bank of the Thames River. The original tower was used as a prison as well as a fort and many prisoners were confined there during the 15th to 17th centuries, including several kings and queens, many of which were decapitated. Mary, Queen of Scots, was for a while confined there previous to her execution in 1587.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

This postcard shows a very busy street in Paris, with a profusion of pedestrians, carts, and busses. In the background stands the Cathedral of Notre Dame, as well as other large buildings. Charles C. Myers explains that this is one of the principal rendezvous points of many bus and street car lines, and describes Parisian public transit.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This shows a busy square in Paris, on the east bank of the River Sein, and the principle rendezvoux [sic] of many omnibuses and also a transfer point of several street car lines. The street cars of Paris are of the double deck type–one penny if you ride above and two pennies if you ride below. In the distant [sic] is the twin towers of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most noted church buildings in the world.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

A photograph featuring a Studebaker horse-drawn, glass-enclosed station wagon with upholstered seating.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907

Black and white photograph of Theodore Roosevelt riding in a carriage with three men. A crowd and railroad station can be seen in the background.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1901-1905