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Postcard featuring a drawing by Benoni White and a lithograph by A. D. Willis of Lake Rotorua in New Zealand. The drawing features depictions of individuals on the shore in the foreground and others on the water in canoes in the background.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “One of the mountain lakes in N.Z.”
Postcard featuring a drawing by Benoni White and a lithograph by A. D. Willis of Queenstown, New Zealand. A lake and mountains are depicted behind the town in the background.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Queenstown is a small city on the east coast on New Zealand.”
A lake in Rio de Janeiro lined with statues, and with a fountain in the middle. Palms and other trees line its banks, and a clocktower stands in the background. This postcard was created by gluing a photograph to the front of a different postcard, as indicated by a crossed-out description on the back.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “We are now well within the straits and on March 2nd we reach Sandy Point or Punta Arenas which is just at the entrance to the narrow part of the straits and is the southernmost city in the world. Punta Arenas is a thriving city of about 20,000 population made up mostly of Spanish, French, Portugese [sic] and a few German people. It is one of the leading places in the world for furs and meat. You can get the finest kind of furs at almost your own price.”
Theodore Roosevelt stands in an open area with lake behind him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-04-13
Map of Minnesota, showing the boundaries of Indian Reservation land, ceded and not ceded, boundaries of land districts, and forest reserves. On the verso is written “Lake Commission.” The map may have been consulted with reference to the International Waterways Commission, which was formed in 1903.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-1909
President Taft swims in a lake labeled “My policies — T. R.” Two boys observe, the first commenting, “Sure! He’s great big — he’s got de ava de poiz [avoirdupois, “weight, heaviness”] — he can’t sink.” The second says, “Gee! He’s a regular floater.” A moon with President Roosevelt’s face rises in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908
Five fishermen are in a small boat on a lake. Each has a fish on his line, but refuses to complete the catch by pulling the fish into the boat. Caption: The first man to land one has to treat the crowd.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-09-14
A woman labeled “Business Interests” is drowning in a pond of silver coins labeled “85 cents.” She is wearing waterwings labeled “Patent Air-Bladder” and “Life Preserver,” “Makeshift Silver Certificate,” and “85-Cent Legal Tender Dollar,” from which air is escaping through several punctures. The U.S. Capitol is in the background and a long line of congressmen are departing “Homeward.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-03-11
Thomas A. Hendricks, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles A. Dana, and Henry Watterson are pictured as nymphs in women’s clothing attempting to coax Samuel J. Tilden as a faun into water labeled “Presidential Waters.” Already in the water, in the background, is Thomas F. Bayard.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-08-22
A black Labrador retriever labeled “Jack” sits on a life preserver labeled “Re-election to U.S. Senate” on a board propped up against the bank of a lake. Sitting on the shore in the lower right corner is a frog that looks like Benjamin F. Butler. Caption: Mr. Logan’s enthusiastic friends have already nominated him for the presidency – in 1888.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-06-10
A large man with a $ in his hair, wearing a bathing suit labeled “High Tariff Graft Interests,” stands in a lake labeled “The New Tariff.” He is shivering from the sudden change in the climate. A long hook labeled “Congress” is dragging his ermine robe labeled “High Protection” beyond his reach.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-09-03
A wide-eyed man (Mr. Henry Peck) sits in a canoe loaded with camping gear while a Native guide rows him out on a wilderness lake. A woman (Mrs. Henry Peck) stands on the shore with her hands on her hips. A large building, possibly a lodge, stands at the top of a hillside leading up from the lake.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-07-02
W. L. Brown writes to Marcus Alonzo Hanna to recommend Lyman E. Cooley, an engineer of high training, to be appointed to the Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-28