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Theodore Roosevelt as a maid, washing the hair of a boy, “Flim-Flam Finance,” with “Honesty Soap.” Caption at bottom right reads: “(Regards to Pears’ Soap.)” Published in Puck magazine, 1907.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1907
Theodore Roosevelt, as an old washer-woman, scrubs a young boy labeled “Flim-Flam Finance” with soapy water from a pot labeled “Honesty Soap.” Three faces are visible in the puddles forming on the ground: Edward Henry Harriman, John D. Rockefeller, and possibly Henry Huttleston Rogers, a key Standard Oil figure. Caption: (Regards to Pears’ Soap).
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-09-04