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The Independence Party in Philadelphia urges voters in the First District of Pennsylvania to support its candidate, James P. Lafferty, for state senate. The pamphlet gives instructions on how to mark ballots.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904
John E. Reyburn, mayor of the city of Philadelphia, suggests that President Roosevelt’s rhetoric contributed to the protests and demonstrations that the city saw against rising unemployment. Director of Public Safety Henry Clay says that while the people and magazine articles who speak out against economic inequality may have good intentions, they open the door for people such as anarchist Voltarine De Cleyre to take advantage of the situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-22
Both Assistant Superintendent of Police Timothy J. O’Leary and Mayor John E. Reyburn of Philadelphia blame the policies of President Theodore Roosevelt for the recent riots in the city. The riots were due to a recent increase in unemployment, and saw demonstrators marching to City Hall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-22
The twelfth annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs will be held at Philadelphia on May 8-9.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-03
The Central Textile Union is planning to organize a demonstration of many unemployed men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to demand work at fair wages or unemployment relief. Such a demonstration has been delayed several times in the hopes that conditions would improve and it would not be necessary, but this has not come to pass. Many unions are cooperating to bring together demonstrators from different trades, including a number of different unions related to the textile industry. Organizers have stated that this will be a law-abiding demonstration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-22
George B. Cortelyou updates Senator Lodge on the situation regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike. On October 6, Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, went to Philadelphia with a message from President Roosevelt for John Mitchell. If Mitchell will direct the miners to return to work in the mines, Roosevelt will appoint a commission to investigate all issues between the mine operators and miners, and will try to obtain a settlement in accordance with the findings of the commission. There has not been a reply to this proposal yet.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-10-07
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Boies Penrose and his suitability for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. Butler highlights the political corruption occurring in Penrose’s native Philadelphia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-25
Stereograph depicting people in the foreground in front of Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota log cabin while on display at the St. Louis World’s Fair, also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in 1904.
1904
Theodore Roosevelt’s speech to the graduating class of Peirce School in Philadelphia in 1897. The cover bears a small black and white oval portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1897
Ticket to the 1900 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1900
President Roosevelt advises Postmaster Clayton McMichael that he must follow the guidelines of the Civil Service Commission when filling vacancies at his post office and cannot refuse to appoint certified men unless he has a justifiable reason to do so. When McMichael recently rejected a large percentage of certified men, it created the appearance of injustice. In the future, McMicheal should keep a record of who was rejected and why so as to avoid suspicion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06
President Roosevelt has approved the Civil Service Commission report on the Philadelphia Post Office, and the recommendations of the reports are to be adopted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Thomas W. Taylor for his letter and is gratified by the results of the poll taken by The Evening Telegraph in Philadelphia and the leading cities of Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-08
Print of photograph showing chair decorated with flags, bows, portrait of President Roosevelt, and other graphics.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt will be giving a lecture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and makes an appointment to visit Frances Theodora Parsons and her son, James Russell Parsons.
1915-04-02
President Roosevelt invites Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to travel with him to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1906-10-27
Governor Roosevelt was nominated to be the Republican vice presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1900-06-25
The Roosevelt children are in good health and beautiful spirits. Theodore Roosevelt’s mission class went well and the students have christened him “Teacher Four Eyes.” Mr. Rhinelander did not come to dance class, likely deterred by his older age. Roosevelt probably will not travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as he is behind in his studies due to illness.
1876-03-04
Vignettes show messages sent from various cities to philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, along with the scenic postcard views each is requesting: a mountain for Chicago, caves in Philadelphia (where the sun is too bright), a river connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean, a fountain of beer for Milwaukee, a sun in Pittsburgh (where the smog is too thick for the natural sun to penetrate), a “Palm Beach” oasis for the Eskimos, and a “natural bridge” crossing the East River into Brooklyn, New York. Caption: His gift of a lake to Princeton suggests other deficiencies of nature which Carnegie may supply.
This double-page cartoon by L. M. Glackens is an example of Puck‘s increasing reliance of humorous current-event news commentaries, with vignettes surrounding a major theme.
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Charles T. Brown to thank him for the good luck token.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-25