Infants

Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna updating her on his daughter Alice and his intended plans for the following evening.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1885-03-20

Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna that “the baby,” probably referring to his daughter Alice, is in good health and ready to greet her Aunt Bye. He dined with Aunt Annie.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1885-03-19

Theodore Roosevelt updates Belle Roosevelt about the family. Ethel Roosevelt Derby has still not fully recovered from surgery, but Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and the new baby are doing very well.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-11-11

Mary Josephine Burton Frazer thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the handkerchief but informs him she had to postpone the baby show due to weather. She asks if he would be willing to write a letter she could read at her current events club.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-18

Mary Josephene Burton Frazer expresses to Theodore Roosevelt that she invites him and Edith Roosevelt to contribute a small item or letter for a baby show in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

Uncle Sam holds President Roosevelt, dressed like a woman, tightly as William H. Taft sits in a baby carriage holding onto an “Ohio Indorsement” bottle being pulled by Joseph Benson Foraker. An African American man watches in the background. Caption: Uncle Sam– “So, you’re going to leave me.” Roosevelt– “If you coax me real hard, Sammy, I might remain in your employ. I’m only joking about quitting.” Willie Taft– “Mama! Mama! This naughty boy won’t let me have my bottle.” “Dat dar big cuss has no right to dat anyhow.”

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Comments and Context

John F. Collins, a cartoonist whose modest fame rests in the creation or maintenance of several children’s strips for the World Color Printing Company (St. Louis) weekend color supplements, syndicated to local newspaper across the country, proved himself capable of political invective and pictorial crudeness in this cartoon.

President Roosevelt holds a big stick and looks at a baby in a basket labeled “3rd term” that cries out to him, “Take me in, Theodore!”

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Comments and Context

Political cartoonists traditionally approach caricature — the coin of their realm, basically — in one of two ways: freehand, which requires special talent, and mechanical aids, which requires skill and luck. Harry Daniel Murphy, in this drawing for the Portland Oregonian, undoubtedly used an old device called the silver print when he addressed the face of President Roosevelt.

A “standpatter” points to an “American industries” baby in a cradle and tells President Roosevelt, “We must not neglect our child.” In the background, Uncle Sam carries a “Panama Canal Cream Fund” to the “foreign market.” A Republican elephant sits beside the cradle.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-04

President Roosevelt points to a stork that holds a basket with three infants. An eagle stands to the side and says, “I’m a dead one.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-16

Eleanor Butler Roosevelt wheels a baby carriage holding her infant daughter, Grace.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. holds his infant daughter, Grace, while his wife Eleanor looks on outside their home at 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s daughter, Grace, in her cradle.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. holds his two-month-old daughter, Grace.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-10

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. holds his newborn daughter, Grace.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-08-17

Grace Green Alexander, mother of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, holding her infant granddaughter Grace, aged 17 days.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-09-03

Eleanor Butler Roosevelt holds her newborn daughter Grace, aged 17 days.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-09-03

A cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr., on Roosevelt Jr.’s wedding day. Theodore Roosevelt is pointing at a stork as Ted smiles reassuringly.

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Comments and Context

The cartoonist, Johnny Gruelle, drew syndicated editorial cartoons for the Newspaper Enterprise Association in 1910. Later that year he created the fantasy comic strip Mr Twee Deedle for the New York Herald. In 1915 he created the classic Raggedy Ann stories and books for children.

Grace Green Alexander holds her baby daughter, Eleanor, aged seventeen days.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1889-01

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott, who has admitted himself into a hospital for treatment. Elliott’s wife Anna plans to return home in August. Katy Mann’s baby has been born and according to an “expert,” the child’s father is Elliott.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1891-07-12

Commissioner Roosevelt thanks his sister Anna for her recent visit. Anna was very helpful to Edith with new baby Kermit. Roosevelt is looking to sell a pair of his horses since his new position as Civil Service Commissioner has caused a reduction in his income.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1889-10-13