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Thomas Lipton checks the pulse of an animated feminine America’s Cup labeled “America 1851.” Caption: Dr. Lipton – Your condition, of course, is not alarming; but a trip abroad would do you a world of good.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-08-05
An American yachtsman shakes hands with Thomas Johnstone Lipton, with the America’s Cup between them. Caption: The American Sportsman — If we can not keep both, we would rather lose the cup than lose you, Sir Thomas.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-08-26
Thomas Johnstone Lipton beats a hand-drum labeled “American Progress,” trying to wake John Bull who is sound asleep in a chair. Caption: “There is no more loyal Britisher than myself; but I can’t close my eyes to one thing, and that is we are a decaying nation, commercially, as compared to your country, and the United States is the greatest country on the face of the earth to-day.”–Speech of Sir Thomas Lipton.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-09-23
Uncle Sam stands with a chip on his shoulder labeled “Championship” and clutches to his chest the “America’s Cup.” A small yacht is at his feet, in the foreground, with a list of the years the United States has won the Cup. Thomas Johnstone Lipton is standing behind Uncle Sam, on a slip of land labeled “England.” He is trying to knock the chip off Uncle Sam’s shoulder with a long staff labeled “Challenge.” Caption: The Champion. — You’ll always find the chip there, my boy!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-11-14
President and Mrs. Roosevelt with Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, Thomas Lipton, Admiral George Dewey, C. Oliver Iselin, and Major General Adna Romanza Chaffee on the deck of the Mayflower off Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. The back of the stereograph gives an in-depth explanation of the circumstances of the photograph.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-08-17
President Roosevelt says that the enclosed letter from Henry C. Burdett is from a “prize fool,” and he has no recollection of him. He feels badly that there does not seem to be anything that can be done for the author Ellen Velvin. He would like Robert Bridges to look into the matter to see if she is truly being “fleeced” by a certain publishing firm.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-09
President Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Senator Kearns and Jennie Judge Kearns at lunch on Wednesday. Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton will be unable to join them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-14
President Roosevelt would be pleased to have C. Oliver Iselin join him during the naval review.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-06
Whitelaw Reid updates President Roosevelt on diplomatic affairs in London. Reid has spoken with several British authorities regarding Roosevelt’s upcoming African safari. The Japanese Ambassador to Great Britain, Jutarō Komura, met with Reid at a luncheon given for members of the Olympic committee and emphasized that he and the Japanese Emperor recognized the United States as a friend. The Chinese Ambassador held a dinner and expressed friendly regard toward the United States. Reid provides a detailed description of two controversial Olympic races in London: in the 400 meter race, an American was disqualified for breaking the rules, and in the marathon, the Italian winner was disqualified in favor of an American. Reid notes that the American athletes, while somewhat justified in their frustrations, were seen by the British press as ill-mannered. Finally, Reid says he doubts that Roosevelt can make private visits to Paris and London on his way back from Africa without giving offense to government officials who would expect a state visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-11
Ambassador Reid sends Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt descriptions of social events and diplomatic gossip from Great Britain. In a handwritten postscript, Reid says his wife and daughter are going to see her sick father in the Adirondacks and he will be alone by the end of summer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25
Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt, seated center, Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, left, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, right; standing Sir Thomas Johnston Lipton, Admiral George Dewey, C. Oliver Iselin, and General Adna R. Chaffee on the deck of the Mayflower off Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
T. St. John Gaffney complains about the over-the-top reception Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton received at West Point.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-14
Thomas St. John Gaffney, recently returned from England, writes to William Loeb to express his support for President Roosevelt’s handling of the “Lipton matter” and his frustration of the efforts made to appease Sir Thomas Lipton’s supposedly slighted honor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-14
Newspaper reporter Duncan Curry writes to Roosevelt to respectfully express his feelings of uneasiness regarding how Major General Henry Corbin communicated a personal invitation from the President to Sir Thomas Lipton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-26