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T. H. Hanson sends Theodore Roosevelt a limerick about Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger and Senator William Lorimer, the “Whitewash Twins.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-16
Brander Matthews thanks President Roosevelt for the quotation, which he plans to show to Nicholas Murray Butler. Matthews comments that Elihu Root and Charles Follen McKim received honorary degrees at Columbia University’s commencement. He includes a limerick written by Oliver Herford.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-08
Animated cartoon beginning with a character representing Paul James Rainey, explorer and hunter, being washed overboard. He swims to a barrel, climbs in, then grabs hold of a whale’s tail, who tows him toward shore where he lands. A bird resembling an ostrich lays an egg. Rainey sits on the egg which hatches. He rides a bird while being chased by a lion and is saved by a native. The bird chases the lion and throws him out to sea where he is swallowed by whale. A native takes Rainey to a wedding feast at which Rainey is the intended groom. Rainey runs away, jumps into barrel and floats out to sea while natives gather at shore. The interior titles describing the action of the cartoon are written in the form of limericks.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1911