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Two things he can’t stop on Sunday

Two things he can’t stop on Sunday

An old man labeled “Sabbatarian Bigot,” dressed as a Puritan, holds a book labeled “Blue Laws” and stands in front of “Niagara Falls.” A man walking with his wife and child suggests that the old man will be no more successful at stopping Niagara Falls, than he will be at preventing the Pan-American Exposition from opening on Sunday. A nearby sign states “Pan-American open on Sunday by order of Supreme Court.” In the background, hordes of people stream through the open gates to the Exposition.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-07-10

We grow wiser as we grow older

We grow wiser as we grow older

A large female figure labeled “Enlightenment” pushes open doors labeled “Pan-American Exposition” and knocks out of the way an old woman labeled “Sabbatarian Fanatic” and a man labeled “Sabbatarian Bigot” who were attempting to prevent the Exposition from opening on Sunday. Caption: The managers of the Buffalo Exposition have decided to open it on Sunday.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-05-01

A suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition; – Let us have a chamber of female horrors

A suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition; – Let us have a chamber of female horrors

Uncle Sam leads John Bull and a group of other world leaders down the center aisle between an exhibition of suffragettes and feminists on pedestals. Among the figures are “Mrs. Faith Healer,” “Woman Evangelist,” “Mrs. Lease” holding a large rake, and an elderly woman wearing a crown labeled “Queen of Holland Dames,” as well as one woman labeled “D.A.R.” Those identified are: “Dr. Mary Walker,” “Belva Lockwood,” “Susan B. Anthony,” “E. Cady Stanton,” “Mrs. Eddy Christian Scientist,” and “Carrie Nation of Kansas” holding a large ax.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-04-03

To write story of hunt

To write story of hunt

A newspaper article states that President Roosevelt will be writing a story about his hunt in Colorado and Oklahoma, either in article or book form, in coming years under the advice of friends. While Roosevelt prefers waiting until after he leaves the White House to publish it, there is recognition that many will likely lose interest in reading on the subject by then. The article notes other pieces of Roosevelt’s published while he was in office as Governor of New York and as Vice President, including “Our Boys” and “With the Cougar Hounds.” Publishers were not in a rush to print his work until after the “tragedy in Buffalo,” referring to the shooting of President McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-18

Creator(s)

Unknown

The Two Americas

The Two Americas

Vice President Theodore Roosevelt addresses the opening of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on May 20, 1901. Roosevelt makes a point of directing some of his remarks to those attending from Canada and to the republics of Latin America, and he emphasizes that he believes in the Monroe Doctrine. In addressing his fellow Americans, Roosevelt notes that the rapid industrial development underway will produce benefits and many problems, and he stresses that the nation’s citizens will need virtue and hard work to overcome them. 

 

A photograph of the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site and a painting of Roosevelt as the Colonel of the Rough Riders accompany the speech. 

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

North Creek, N.Y. remembers T.R.

North Creek, N.Y. remembers T.R.

Description of the services that marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s elevation to the presidency in September 1901. The commemorative event was held at the North Creek, New York Railroad Station. The article notes the remarks given by William D. Johnston of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the festive atmosphere surrounding the occasion, and the reenactment of Roosevelt’s arrival by wagon at the station.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1977

Creator(s)

Unknown

No poison on bullets

No poison on bullets

The Winsted Evening Citizen includes analysis of the bullets from McKinley’s assassination declaring there was no poison on them, but possibly an infection. The exposition resumes and the details of “Big Jim” Parker’s heroic actions and a biography of Dr. Charles McBurney, the physician tending to McKinley, are covered in the issue.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1901-09-23

Creator(s)

Unknown