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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. G. McAdoo

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to W. G. McAdoo

President Roosevelt is sorry that he cannot be present at the opening of the tunnel going under the Hudson River, but wishes to express his appreciation for the work that W. G. McAdoo has done on them. The tunnel and associated buildings were very difficult to construct, and they are a great achievement. The completion of this tunnel will bring New York and New Jersey closer together, and will be a boon to the American people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-17

The latest novelty

The latest novelty

A mechanical wind-up toy railroad set, with large key, has Jay Gould circling on tracks that lead through a tunnel labeled “Court House” with openings labeled “Front Door” and “Back Door.” As Cyrus W. Field turns a crank at center, Gould moves along the track and enters at the “Back Door” of the tunnel, then exits, ahead of a foot labeled “Judge,” at the “Front Door.” Caption: “The Gould Game” – Kick him out of the front door, and he comes in at the back.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-01-10

The unheeded telltale

The unheeded telltale

President Taft, as a railroad brakeman, stands atop a freight car labeled “Administration Route.” He is waving to a woman labeled “Reactionary Politics” driving an automobile. The train is headed for a tunnel labeled “Revolt of the West.” Above the train is a bar labeled “Insurgent Movement” from which strips of rope are hanging, labeled “Burkett, Beveridge, Brown, Nelson, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, Bristow, [and] La Follette,” an insurgent group of senators who broke with Taft’s policies. Includes note: “A telltale is a bar to which strips of leather or rope are attached to warn brakemen on freight trains when they are approaching a bridge or a tunnel.” Caption: But there is still time to duck.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-11-17

The opening of the parcels post tunnel, January 1, 1913

The opening of the parcels post tunnel, January 1, 1913

A freight train has departed a railroad station labeled “Producer” in the countryside and is passing through a tunnel labeled “Parcels Post Tunnel” in a mountain labeled “Mount Middleman” that has the figure of a man on its side. The front of the train has emerged on the city-side of the mountain and is headed toward a station labeled “Consumer” where a crowd of people are anxiously waiting. Caption: Mount Middleman is no longer an insurmountable barrier between producer and consumer.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-01-01