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Theodore Roosevelt agrees with Mabel Macomber’s “progressive points” and her general thesis regarding “directed play” and “real play.” Roosevelt believes “playgrounds should not be used for political position hunters” and that directors and assistants be “wholly removed from politics.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
A motherly female figure with “New York” on her hat band sits on a bench holding a diminutive Levi P. Morton on her lap. Standing at her feet is a diminutive Benjamin Harrison holding his hat. Caption: New York–It’s no use Benny; you can’t play in our yard!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-08-14
Benjamin F. Butler spreads ashes labeled “Censure, Exposure, Desire for Reform, [and] Criticism” on a slide in the snow labeled “Slide of Public Mismanagement” to the dismay of a group of children labeled “Factory Employee, Sup’t. of Charitable Institution, Prison Supt., Army Snob, Matron of Infant Asylum, Manager of Insane Asylum, [and] Superfluous Gov’t. Employee” on “Beacon Hill.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-01-17