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Alfonso XIII, the young King of Spain, holds on to the robe of Pope Leo XIII. His mother, María Cristina, stands next to him on the viewing stand as young women are presented to him as potential brides. Caption: Little Alfonso is next in line to have a wife picked out for him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-09-10
William Jennings Bryan, as a pope wearing robes and a tiara labeled “16 to 1,” sits on a throne on a low pedestal labeled “Kansas City Platform.” Two Swiss guards stand next to him. The one on the left is labeled “Jones,” and the other on the right is labeled “Stone.” Caption: But Democrats have lost faith in his infallibility.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-06-25
Theodore Roosevelt discusses a letter from Captain H. A. Hanigan, in which Hanigan describes the “Vatican Incident” as an insult to Catholics. Roosevelt encloses for Colonel Lyon the statement he made in The Outlook but does not want it given to Hanigan, as he refuses to appeal to any religious bigotry, whether Protestant or Catholic. Roosevelt asserts that he acted just as any good American citizen would have in that situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-15
John Callan O’Laughlin encloses a note from Lyman Abbott, and presumes The Outlook will take a strong stance on new Catholic cardinals. O’Laughlin discusses the new cardinals and wishes Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a happy birthday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-31
In an odd letter, Arthur S. Hider asks Theodore Roosevelt if he follows the stars and asserting that the Pope “has heard the three absolute story.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-11-15
U.S. Governor-General of the Philippines Ide writes to Secretary of War Taft regarding a religious case that involves the Philippine Commissioner of Commerce and Police Forbes, the Archbishop of Manila Harty, and Noble. Ide mentions that Noble faced charges and had to make a testimony due to his alleged actions against the Church. Harty, Noble, and others were questioned about the situation by Forbes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-13
President Roosevelt wears a papal crown with dollar signs and holds a globe with a line down the middle. Caption: Pope Roosevelt: What lies to the left of this chalk line belongs to American politics, and what lies to the right of it belongs to American world trade! [After Columbus’ first trip to America, Pope Alexander VI. divided the world through a demarcation line and determined sovereignty in both halves of the world.]
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05
Pope Leo XIII holds out his robe labeled “Catholicism” and bows to Columbia who politely returns the bow and declines the offer to shelter under his robe. Behind Leo XIII is “St. Peters” at the “Vatican” and behind Columbia are buildings labeled “Public School” and “School.” Caption: His Holiness–Dear Miss Columbia, won’t you come under my robe? – you’ll be so much more comfortable! – for further particulars, see my late encyclical. / Miss Columbia–Much obliged, Pop; but I’m doing very well as I am!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-02-13
Cardinal “Satolli,” holding a crosier, sits atop an enormous dome labeled “American Headquarters,” and casts a large shadow in the shape of Pope Leo XIII across the landscape of the United States, from New York City south through Washington, D.C., to the Gulf of Mexico and west to San Francisco. Several cities, some with buildings labeled “Public Schools,” are encompassed by the shadow of the Pope, including New York City, the U.S. Capitol building, “Memphis, New Orleans, El Paso, Denver, [and] San Francisco.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-09-05
German emperor William II, wearing a two-tiered tiara, is welcomed by throngs of Arab Muslims who carry a banner that proclaims “Allah is Great, and William His Prophet.” Across a narrow body of water, Pope Leo XIII, wearing the papal tiara, sits on St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-16
Pope Leo XIII sits between bust sculptures of William E. Gladstone labeled “Gladstone, the Great Commoner, 1809-1898,” and Otto von Bismarck labeled “Bismarck, The Man of Blood and Iron, 1815-1898.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-24
Pope Pius X and Cardinal Merry del Val attempt to put out a fire labeled “Revolt Against the Vatican throughout Southern Europe” with bellows labeled “Intolerance” and “Infallibility.” Rain clouds labeled “The Diplomacy of Leo” approach from the right, beneath the spirit of Pope Leo XIII. Caption: They can’t put out a fire with things that won’t put a fire out.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-09-21
Print shows Pope Leo XIII climbing the dome of the U.S. Capitol, carrying a cross. Uncle Sam tells him to come down. Caption: Uncle Sam–What are you going to do up there? / The Pope–I thought it was time to nail this cross over the dome. / Uncle Sam–Well, you come down! We’ve got a figure up there that will last for some time yet!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-03-29
Charles Parnell wears a tiara and sits on a throne, with many Irishmen bowing before him and placing bags of money into a container labeled “Parnell Fund.” On a table next to him are papers labeled “Remission of Rents” and “Assassination Absolution.” Sitting on a throne on the left, unattended by anyone, is Pope Leo XIII wearing the papal tiara and looking on with dismay. At his feet, on the left, is a basket of papers labeled “Indulgence” and “Absolution,” and, on the right, a container labeled “Peter’s Pence” that appears to have been broken into and emptied.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-06-06
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
A large group of politicians and others stand in a cemetery on Memorial Day. Each seems to be grieving at gravestones that bear special messages. Pope Leo XIII stands in front of a stone that states “Here lies my Irish Influence.” Ulysses S. Grant places a wreath labeled “Tho’ Gone Not Forgotten” at a monument that states “Here Lies the Third Term 1880.” Stephen Dorsey and Thomas Brady, arm in arm, stand in front of a stone that states “[Star] Route Here Lies Our Hope of Acquittal.” James G. Blaine places a wreath on a stone that states “[He]re Lies My South American Policy.” Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana stand in front of a stone that states “Tilden Boom 1876 Rest in Peace.” Clustered around Grant are Roscoe Conkling holding a tattered military standard labeled “Stalwart Battle Flag 1880,” J. D. Cameron on crutches labeled “1882,” John A. Logan as a drummer with number “306” on his drum strap, and Thomas Collier Platt as a little girl. Also grouped before a stone that states “Here Lies Democratic Consistency on the Tariff” are Benjamin F. Butler, Winfield Scott Hancock, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Stephen B. Elkins. Others depicted are Simon Cameron, John Kelly, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, George M. Robeson, David Davis, Robert Ingersoll, Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, and a man identified as “Campbell.” Caption: They deck with flowers, this Day of Decoration, full many a blighted hope and reputation.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-05-30
In a confrontation between a pope and the leader of a rival spiritual organization, the pope carries a banner that states “Papal Encyclical – You’re a Humbug and you Dupe the People!!” The other side has a banner that states “You’re Another.” Both sides carry objects labeled “Mummery.” Puck stands at center, in the background, cheering them on.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-05-07
Members of the clergy sign a document labeled “Declaration of Dependence” and are joined together by long strings of beads that are held by Pope Leo XIII sitting on a chair in the left foreground. Cardinal John McCloskey is sitting at the table where the document is being signed, glaring at the Pope. The American Declaration of Independence, torn and crumpled, lies at his feet. Caption: Made at Cincinnati, on the 19th of March, in the year of the Republic 106, by the Fourth Provincial Council of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-04-12
Theodore Roosevelt, as “Pope Theo the first,” sits on a throne, wearing the Papal tiara, as a man labeled “The Senate” bows down before him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-01-02
A bull labeled “France” is being attacked by insects shaped like clerical figures, which cause it to kick with its hind legs, knocking Pope Pius X off a stool and overturning a bucket and spilling “Papal Revenues.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-01-09