Postcards

Postcard to Quentin Roosevelt in French signed by Hamilton Coolidge “Ham” and others.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1917-1918

Anthony J. Gavin wishes Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and her family a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-18

Loucius F. Williams sends Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a postcard indicating his third child has been born and children now outnumber the adults. The children’s names are etched into the fingers of the man on the postcard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-29

Anthony J. Gavin sends Theodore Roosevelt birthday wishes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-24

A postcard with a drawing in color, of York by Tom Dudley. Reverse without writing or stamp.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

Unknown

President Roosevelt thanks Elise Richards Jusserand and her husband, French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, for the post cards.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-25

Philip J. Haag sends Theodore Roosevelt a postcard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

At center, Uncle Sam is drowning in the “Souvenir Post Card Craze.” Surrounding vignettes show scenes from the North Pole, North Africa, Hell, and with Robinson Crusoe on a desert island.

comments and context

Comments and Context

The century’s first decade was the high-water mark of “penny postals,” greeting cards, holiday cards and comic-themed cards. This is evidenced by the uncountable numbers of surviving cards at flea markets, antique shops, and collector sites.

Mabel Helen Taft sends Theodore Roosevelt some postcards showing several scenes of the Charter Day Exercises at the University of California, and hopes that they are a pleasant souvenir of the event.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-24

On Theodore Roosevelt’s behalf, Roosevelt’s Secretary thanks J. E. Marsden for sending the “post cards.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-13

Theodore Roosevelt thanks P. V. Fernandes for his kind postcard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-31

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Dr. R. Roessler for his kind postcard.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-31

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary has received Reverend Waters’ postcard and has sent Waters the pamphlets he requested.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-18

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Loucius F. Williams for the “amusing post card.” He congratulates Bertha Williams and wishes the three children well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-10

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges receipt of a post card from Albert Eugster and advises Eugster “that the rats at Sagamore Hill are now well under control.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-22

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Caroline F. Fairchild, telling her that there are many reforms that he would like to support but it is impossible for him to do so without overextending himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-14

Theodore Roosevelt does not think he signed the postcard. It is an imitation of his signature.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-16

President Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews for the cartoon and postcard. He invites Matthews and his wife, Ada Harland, to dinner and a musical on December 8.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-29

Richard Miller informs Theodore Roosevelt about meeting a German comrade with ten sons who served in the army, sends him a postcard, and recalls meeting him at the White House in 1906 when presenting a gift to Emperor Wilhelm.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-09

Mary Francis Boutwell writes to Theodore Roosevelt to ask for more information about his trip to Africa. She explains that she is handicapped and unable to leave her bed without assistance from her family, and she thoroughly enjoys receiving postcards and photographs. She also asks for an autograph and expresses her desire to shake Roosevelt’s hand when he comes to White River Junction.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-08