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Armed with a big stick, President Roosevelt plays poker with “Bear” and “Bull” on a table labeled “Wall Street,” saying “It’s a square deal, boys!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-29
A man holds five playing cards with faces of American politicians on them: Missouri Governor Joseph Wingate Folk, Wisconsin Governor Robert M. La Follette, President Roosevelt, Secretary of State John Hay, and Illinois Governor Charles Samuel Deneen.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-30
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
Two Irish men play poker at a social club or union hall. Caption: Mike (teaching Pat poker) — Well, what hov yez got? / Pat — Four trowels and a black shamrock!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-10-08
A short story with handwritten corrections and additions, telling the tale of an aspiring gambler on his way to Chicago when he gets pulled into a poker game with bigger stakes than he thought. The back of the last page has a scribbled note and a title for a new story “Sweet Tale,” not started.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
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Thomas B. Reed, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley are playing poker at the “Presidential Aspirants’ Poker Club.” Reed is wearing a crown and royal robe, Harrison is wearing his iconic top hat, and McKinley is dressed like Napoleon I and has a stack of red, white, and blue chips in front of him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-01-03
A high-stakes poker game is being played by Uncle Sam, German Emperor William II, Japanese Emperor Meiji, Emile Loubet of France, and King of Great Britain Edward VII. The emperor of Japan is raising the bid by one battleship. Caption: Japan — I see your cruisers and raise you a dreadnought!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-09-22