Lambs

President Roosevelt leans on a fence and holds his rifle labeled “law” as he watches the “financial wolf” howl and an “investing public” lamb run away. Caption: Larger animal–“I’ve lost my little pet, and it’s all that cruel man’s fault.”

comments and context

Comments and Context

This cartoon by Luther Daniels Bradley was entirely inspired by the Wall Street Panic that was then cascading through nervous financial markets around the world and especially Wall Street itself, where there were daily scenes of numerous depositors clogging the doors of banks like the Knickerbocker Trust in order to withdraw funds.

President Roosevelt throws a “message” that explodes underneath a “Standard Oil” company octopus that holds a “never touched me!” paper. The explosion sends several bears and two lambs flying. “Stocks” bulls look over “The Street” wall to see what is happening. Commissioner of Corporations at the Department of Commerce and Labor James Rudolph Garfield also watches around a corner of the wall.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-07

President Roosevelt drags a Republican elephant, to which Chair of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou and Cornelius Newton Bliss and bags of money are chained, toward “Wall Street.” A “yellow dog fund” follows behind. Several lambs look out a window and point at the sight.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-25

“The trusts” walk a lamb with President Roosevelt’s head on it toward the United States Capitol. Roosevelt wears a crown.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12

President Roosevelt and a Republican elephant wear halos over their heads attached by sticks as Roosevelt holds “the olive branch of peace.” Beside him is a bucket with a sign that reads, “Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance whitewash.” The elephant has been whitewashed and has a sign that reads, “The whitewash on this animal is wet.” There is also a lamb with a sign: “We have adopted this beautiful little lamb.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13