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Commissioner Roosevelt has been working hard as police commissioner and also delivering speeches for the Republican National Committee. He feels that he needs to do everything he can to help defeat William Jennings Bryan. Roosevelt is glad to have work as he worries that he will someday be idle since he has no regular business.
1896-10-11
President Roosevelt is concerned that the announcement would damage William H. Taft’s campaign. He would prefer that nothing is leaked.
1908-09-10
Partial copy of Harper’s Weekly magazine dated June 4, 1904. The title page features a political cartoon, “Roosevelt Against the Field,” depicting a large elephant ridden by President Roosevelt racing a small donkey ridden by Alton B. Parker, William Randolph Hearst, Richard Olney, and Senator Gorman. The cover has an illustration of fighting in the Russo-Japanese War and there are three pages of brief articles covering recent political events.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904-06-04
Round celluloid campaign pin from the 1904 presidential campaign of Alton B. Parker. Parker’s portrait is framed by a wishbone.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Round celluloid campaign pin from the 1904 presidential campaign of President Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks. The pin is dark blue and the portraits are surrounded by a red, white, and gold circle.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Round celluloid campaign pin with black and white images of Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Round celluloid campaign pin with black and white images of President Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks. Between the images stands a full-length Liberty figure.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Round celluloid campaign pin with black and white images of President Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks. The head and shoulders of a Liberty figure are between the candidate images.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Set of two stickpins with miniature paper flags featuring images of President Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks, the candidates for the 1904 Republican presidential ticket.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Celluloid campaign pin from a First Voters Club promoting President Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign. The pin features a photograph of Roosevelt and a “First Voters Club” banner.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Celluloid campaign pin promoting Alton B. Parker, the 1904 Democratic presidential candidate.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Celluloid 1904 presidential campaign pin for President Roosevelt with ribbon and rabbit’s foot suspended beneath. Roosevelt’s image is on a gold edged shield with an American flag background. A bald eagle sits on top of the shield.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Round celluloid pin for the 1900 presidential campaign with black and white portraits of President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900
Round celluloid pin with black and white portraits of President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Samuel Rinnah Van Sant on a dark brown background. McKinley and Roosevelt were the Republican presidential ticket for 1900 and Van Sant was the Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900
Round celluloid pin with sepia tone photograph of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1901
Round celluloid campaign pin with black and white portraits of President McKinley and Governor Roosevelt. Portraits are on a gold background with a red, white, and blue ribbon at the top of the picture.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900
Round celluloid campaign pin with black and white images of President Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1904
Round celluloid campaign pin with black and white oval portraits of President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Portraits are on a gold background with a red, white, and blue bow at the top of the picture and ribbon between the portraits.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900
Round celluloid campaign pin with black and white oval portraits of President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Portraits are on a gold background with a red, white, and blue bow at the top of the picture and ribbon between the portraits.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900
Round celluloid pin with colorized portraits of President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt on a dark brown background with a tan decorative design at the top and bottom.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900