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Abraham R. Vickers describes 2 duelling pistols he owns so that Theodore Roosevelt might be able to provide more information about how much they are worth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-02
Alton B. Parker fires two pistols, which shoot “accusation” and “criticism,” at President Roosevelt on a stage. This week’s bill is entitled, “The Tenderfoot,” while next week’s bill is “The Rough Rider!” Caption: Everyone agrees that a consummate bit of character work is given by the gentleman who has the title role, but nobody will be more delighted than he at a change of bill next week.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-02
Charles A. Peabody, president of Mutual Life, and Alexander E. Orr, president of New York Life, play poker with Samuel Untermeyer. Each is holding a handful of “Proxies” in one hand and a pistol in the other. Caption: A quiet game of freeze-out in life insurance gulch.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-10-03
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt explains Roosevelt does not know how much Abraham R. Vickers pistols might be worth and suggests finding someone with knowledge about pistols to help.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-03
Theodore Roosevelt informs Edwin B. Baker that the pistols were left in the White House. Roosevelt states that while he was in the White House it was his habit to turn over gifts unless there was reason to keep them personally.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-31
President Roosevelt thanks Hugh E. White for sending him the dueling pistols. They remind him of “the days of the code.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-16
President Roosevelt greatly enjoyed The Forest and Roosevelt’s travels went just as Stewart Edward White described. Roosevelt invites White to spend some days with him when he arrives for the wedding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-24
President Roosevelt enjoyed the tea and believes that a seven barrel pistol is an interesting weapon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-23
Secretary of State Philander C. Knox forwards Theodore Roosevelt a despatch from the Consul at Melbourne, Australia, sending him the gift of a pistol from James Forshaw, along with a letter from Forshaw explaining the history of the gun.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-06
John F. Jewell writes to Philander C. Knox to forward a copy of a letter and pistol from James Forshaw to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-03
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-29
English
President Roosevelt holds a “Secret Service” pistol in his pocket. A “congressman” asks Uncle Sam dressed in a police uniform, “Disarm him! I think he is going to use that gun on me!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-11
A man whose offer of marriage has been rejected, and who is now determined to kill himself as a means of ending his suffering, is sitting in a chair with two handguns aimed at his chest, mounted on the arms of the chair, facing a cannon. Beneath him are “Dynamite Cartridges,” and overhead is a large rock labeled “500 lb. weight.” A tube from his mouth extends to a container of “Poison,” two straight-edge razors are aimed at this throat, and a “Charcoal” burner spews carbon monoxide fumes. The letter from his girlfriend is on the floor next to the chair. It states, “Dear George, I can not marry you. Carri.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-02-07
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
The Statue of Liberty, her torch spewing the smoke of “Lawlessness” and her tablet stating “The Unwritten Law,” is holding a handgun and a rope labeled “Lynching.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-09-09
Santa Claus points a handgun at the viewer. Caption: As Santa Claus looks to some of us.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-12-11