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Postcard showing the members of the Sultan of Sulu’s Orchestra and their instruments. Charles C. Myers comments on the noise the orchestra makes.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The Sultan of Sulu’s Orchestra which took some part in the parade–quite a collection of pans etc with which enough noise could be made to drive all the civilized people off the island.”
This postcard shows the orchestra section of Buckingham Palace’s ball and concert room. To either side of center are many chairs, while in front is a raised platform with many music stands, followed by a large pipe organ. The walls of the room are heavily decorated.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The orchestra section of the ball and concert room.”
President Roosevelt directs an orchestra as he holds a “nomination a cinch” paper. Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, Elihu Root, Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Frank Swett Black all play instruments. Cortelyou plays a “fat frying pan” while Black plays a “G. O. P.” drum. They each read music with headings of “The fat,” “Issues,” “Platform. Stand pat,” and “Nomination speech.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-21
New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt helps a large elephant-like Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s head around the center of “1904—the greatest ‘moral’ show on Earth” as President Roosevelt watches from underneath the curtain. Up above the “Ohio Orchestra” plays, “What’s the matter with Hanna?”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-23
President Roosevelt attempts to serve as the conductor for a “mechanic,” “businessman,” “manufacturer,” and “farmer.” Caption: President Roosevelt—”Gentlemen, gentlemen, play together; you lack harmony.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-09
President Roosevelt holds a “presidency” violin and sits in a seat beside a chair labeled “Mark.” A Republican elephant holds a “vice-presidency” violin out to Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, who walks away and says, “Here’s where I ‘stand pat.'” Meanwhile, Myron T. Herrick exits via stage right.
When President Theodore Roosevelt was the beneficiary of Senator Joseph Foraker’s “checkmate” of fellow Ohio Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s stillborn pursuit of the 1904 presidential nomination, there was speculation in the press about subsequent relations between the president and Senator Hanna.
On the surface the pair had worked together as good party men, but there was little secret about Hanna’s past assessments of Roosevelt as “that damned cowboy” and a “madman.”
President Roosevelt points his finger at a pile of football players on the lawn of “the White House Athletic Field.” A cage with the words “the new mascot—peace” is on the ground while as the wall has a sign that reads “teams coached under the new rules.” German Emperor William II, surrounded by instruments, looks over the wall. Caption: The Kaiser—(enviously)—Just wait until he tries to lead an orchestra.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-11
Print shows a clash between the Academy of Music and the Metropolitan Opera, with Henry E. Abbey, opera singers, conductors, and orchestras. Some of the identified figures include Marcella Sembrich, Sofia Scalchi, Galassi, Trebelli, Roberto Stagno, Mirabelli, Campanini, and Col. Mapleson.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-10-31
William Loeb tells Joseph B. Tiffany that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt respectfully declines the wishes of Mr. Barber as she has decided to have one more musical this season and is going to see the Marine Band Orchestra.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-23
I. Goldsmith, director of the orchestra for the upcoming banquet, asks Theodore Roosevelt what his favorite “tune” is.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-21