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Governor Roosevelt writes to Kermit Roosevelt to describe a puppy he played with on the train. Roosevelt also asks how Archibald Roosevelt is doing at school.
1900-09-05
President Roosevelt tells Gustav V. Glebe that, “I never saw a happier boy than Archie was when he appeared with the St. Bernard puppy in his arms,” and thanks him for the gift.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-13
President Roosevelt appreciates the kindness but he does not believe that Kermit Roosevelt should have another puppy at this time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-04
“Bumble puppy” and “Billy possum” carry a teddy bear with a “big noise” drum on a stretcher past a “persimmon tree.” In the background, President-elect William H. Taft swings a golf club.
Cartoonist W. A. Rogers, seldom friendly to President Roosevelt, marked the end of his administration with irony and condescension in a drawing composed entirely of icons and symbols.
Uncle Sam picks a puppy labeled “Wilson” from a litter of puppies labeled “Foss, Baldwin, Harmon, [and] Dix.” The mother of the puppies is labeled “Democratic Party.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-11-30
Theodore Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel about the animals at the Keystone Ranch where he is staying. He describes a pig that forages around the ranch yard and a dog which just had puppies.
1901-01-29