Presidents--Caricatures and cartoons

Ketten, Maurice, 1875-1965

Creation Date

1907-03-28

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Mr. Parker’s picture of President Roosevelt

Alton B. Parker paints a picture of President Roosevelt and Chair of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou robbing the “trusts” for the “campaign fund.” Roosevelt holds an “anti-trust prosecution” big stick in his hand. A disgusted voter clenches his fists and walks away. Caption: Voter—”Attacks on the president’s personal honesty can gain you no votes, Mr. Parker.”

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McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949

Creation Date

1904-11-03

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Theodore Roosevelt drawing

Drawing of Theodore Roosevelt on a horse waving his hat.

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Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1919-01-07

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Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962

White House exodus

Cartoon depicting President Roosevelt leaving the White House in Washington, D.C. Next to Roosevelt are two figures. One is of a teddy bear holding a blanket and a suitcase and the other is of a man holding a sign with the words “66 days” written on it.

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Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Creation Date

1903-04-02

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Mr. Morgan has a talk with the President

President Roosevelt greets a man “hidden” inside of a barrel. The man is saying, “Hush! I’m J. P. Morgan in disguise.” Behind Roosevelt and Morgan are several men labeled “reporter,” over which there reads, “Not a word of this must be printed,” and others labeled “detective,” one of whom is calling, “Silence!” Caption: Mr. Morgan always surrounds his movements with as much secrecy as possible and his stay in Washington today was no exception to the rule.–Press dispatch.

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Bradford, Walter R., 1872-1925

Creation Date

1903-03-14

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The passing show

Cartoon depicting several governmental agencies vying for President Roosevelt’s attention.

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Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Creation Date

1903-03-08

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The value of publicity

Cartoon depicting President Roosevelt. Roosevelt is holding guns, an ax, three dogs, and several other weapons. The dogs are wearing blankets that have “race,” “antitrust,” and “reciprocity” on them.

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Creation Date

1903-03-08

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When bears hunt him

President Roosevelt is shown holding a barn door labeled “Presidential Nomination” shut against two bears labeled “Mark Hanna” and “Spooner.” The caption reads “Davy Crockett Roosevelt Will Have to Be Better Than in Mississippi.”

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Winterhalder, Louis Adolph, 1862-1931

Creation Date

1902-11-23

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Weather predictions for February: “look out for a big thaw.”

Cartoon depicting President Roosevelt pushing a snowball labeled ‘Anti-trust Legislation” towards the sun. The sun is labeled: “Republican Congress.”

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Creation Date

1903-01-11

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Stealing their thunder

Cartoon depicting President Roosevelt riding an elephant labeled “1904 Trust busting” and “Cop.” Behind the elephant are two men left behind in the dust.

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Creation Date

1903-02-19

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“I did it, Dad, with my little hatchet”

Cartoon depicting President Roosevelt standing in front of a tree labeled “The Trusts.” Uncle Sam, a symbolic character, stands on the other side of the tree. Hanging from the tree are apples labeled: “beef”, “gas”, “sugar”, “steel”, “oil”, “coal”, and “cooper”.

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Creation Date

1903-02-22

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When Congress adjourns

Cartoon showing a depiction of Uncle Sam in front of the U.S. Capitol building. Uncle Sam is holding the Antitrust Law in his hands. To the left is a teddy bear holding a sign with the words “empty bag” written on it. To the right is a man holding a piece of paper with the words “nearly constitutional” on it and “the trust” is also written across his chest. Behind the U.S. Capitol building is an elephant saying “never touched me!” with the word “tariff” written on it.

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Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Creation Date

1903-02-23

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Shade of Washington: “Still chopping!”

Cartoon depicting President Roosevelt attempting to cut down a tree labeled “Trusts.” President Washington is depicted on the other side of the tree.

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Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

Creation Date

1903-02-22

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

The political cartoon Ambassador Reid sent greatly amuses President Roosevelt. He inquires if he can obtain the original, in addition to other Punch cartoons, including one depicting him and Emperor William II, which was banned in Berlin. Unsurprisingly, people have responded negatively to the financial crisis. Roosevelt remembers a similar reaction during the Spanish-American War. He has a better understanding of what Abraham Lincoln faced and what future presidents will experience in the case of a great national crisis.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Creation Date

1907-11-14

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ford Rhodes

President Roosevelt tells James Ford Rhodes he has just finished reading his fifth volume, which has tied in well with Roosevelt’s other readings of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History and Abraham Lincoln’s letters and speeches. Although the president agrees with Rhodes that the right is not all on one side and the wrong is not all on the other in quarrels, Roosevelt thinks the American Civil War is the exception, as he believes “the right was exclusively with the Union people.” Roosevelt talks about his plans to build up the Navy to avoid war, believing the Panama Canal will help. Finally, he discusses problems he has been having with the tariff and Southern states. He disagrees with Rhodes that the South is not trying to reinstate slavery, as there is peonage in three states right now. Roosevelt closes by mentioning how his opponents helped him during the election campaign.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Creation Date

1904-11-29

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal cover

The front cover of this issue features a political cartoon by Alonzo W. Scarborough depicting Theodore Roosevelt wielding the big stick with some of his political foes scattered at his feet. The back cover features a painting by Michael Raymond Gnatek with Roosevelt at its center surrounded by various scenes and symbols from his life.

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Scarborough, Alonzo W. (Alonzo Willis), 1875-1943; Gnatek, Michael R. (Michael Raymond), 1934-2006

Creation Date

1999

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal cover

The front and back covers of this issue feature cartoon illustrations by Chris Ware that originally appeared on pages 24 and 25 of the April 2014 issue of Cobblestone children’s magazine which examined the life of Theodore Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

2014

Creator(s)

Ware, Chris, 1967-

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal cover

The combination of a drawing and a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt from the front cover of an issue of Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper from 1916 serves as the front cover illustration for this issue while a cartoon of Roosevelt drawn by Jay N. Darling shortly after Roosevelt’s death in 1919 appears on the back cover.

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Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962

Creation Date

1919

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Book review

Robert Wexelblatt describes Rick Marschall’s Bully! The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt as a picture book illustrated with a biography, and he asserts that the scores of political cartoons found within it are “the real glory of the book.” Wexelblatt believes that Marschall has produced an illustrated biography that is both fun and useful, and he provides background on Marschall’s expertise as both a historian and as a political cartoonist which makes him uniquely qualified to pen such a work. Two cartoons found in Bully! accompany the review.

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Creation Date

2011

Creator(s)

Wexelblatt, Robert

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal cover

The front and back covers feature political cartoons from Puck magazine in 1910. Both cartoons depict Theodore Roosevelt and both address the topic of Roosevelt’s return to the United States after his fifteen months abroad in 1909 and 1910. The front cover shows the Republican party elephant imploring Roosevelt to return to the United States while the back cover depicts Roosevelt wading ashore to a welcoming crowd.

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