Palaces

President Roosevelt appears as a knight on horseback carrying a lance labeled “Reciprocity” over his shoulder with a sack labeled “Campaign Funds” hanging from it. In the background is a giant ogre labeled “Infant Industries” sitting against a castle with a club labeled “Dingley Tariff” nestled against his right arm. Over the castle is flying a banner of “High Protection,” and a despondent maiden labeled “Fair Trade” is standing at the top of a tower.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-10-05

President Roosevelt, as a knight on horseback, carries a lance labeled “Reciprocity” and faces a giant ogre labeled “Infant Industries” and leaning on a club labeled “Dingley Tariff.” In the background on the left is a castle flying a banner “High Protection” and with a maiden labeled “Fair Trade” standing at the top of a tower. Caption: And so the knight promised to take up his late lord’s lance and carry on the fight.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-10-16

Assistant Secretary of State Peirce sends President Roosevelt a message from Minister to Japan Lloyd Carpenter Griscom in Tokyo. Griscom shares an invitation from the Emperor who welcomes Roosevelt and other guests to his palace.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-07

Creator(s)

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Postcard showing people in front of the gates of the Palace of Versailles. Charles C. Myers discusses the history of the palace’s creation.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910

Creator(s)

Unknown; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Postcard showing Buckingham Palace. Crowds of people are standing in front of the gates to the palace. Charles C. Myers notes this is where the King of England lives.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1910-11-22

Creator(s)

Muchmore Art Co.; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

This postcard shows the grand staircase in Buckingham Palace. The staircase goes up several levels, and is lined with plants.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1911

Creator(s)

Rotary Photograph Series; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942

Several rogues, including Jay Gould labeled “R. Road Monopolist,” William H. Vanderbilt labeled “Corporations,” Cyrus W. Field labeled “Telegraph Monopoly,” Russell Sage(?) labeled “Stock Jobbing,” and George M. Robeson labeled “Congress,” rob a “Tax Payer” of his “Income” (Robeson/Congress strangling him with “Unjust Tax”). In the right foreground the tools and “Cloth” the “Tax Payer” needs are “Taxed” as others help themselves to his “Products of Honest Labor.” Vanderbilt directs some carrying bags labeled “Plunder” and “Gains” up steps labeled “Tax Steals, Land Grants, Friendly Judges, Lobbyism, [and] Public Apathy” that lead to a large building labeled “Castle Monopoly” atop a mountain. In the background, on the right, are buildings labeled “Manufactory Closed [and] Foundry Closed” and other industrial buildings “Closed.” A chain labeled “Protection” blocks the harbor, preventing ships with products for export from departing.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-06-14

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896