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Kermit Roosevelt describes his work for the railroad and says he is enjoying it. He expresses his sympathy at the death of Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s sister. Roosevelt acknowledges receiving a Rudyard Kipling book.
1913-01-25
Kermit Roosevelt describes his job duties on the railroad. He recently became an inspector of traffic. The forest is lovely and Roosevelt has been very interested in the butterflies and birds.
1913-03-15
Kermit Roosevelt describes his time in South America, travel companions, and draws a small diagram of the land.
1912-1914
President Roosevelt speaks to the railroad branch of the YMCA in Topeka, Kansas, on “decent living and high ideals.” He praises them for their character, strength, and courage. Roosevelt also discusses the YMCA’s mission and how it helps to develop the character of young men. He also discusses his hopes for the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-01
President Cleveland as a railroad conductor collects fares from William McKinley, who is holding a ticket labeled “War Tariff Pass,” and an elderly man, dressed as an infant labeled “Infant Industries,” on his lap. The infant holds a pacifier connected to a bottle labeled “Protection Pap.” Caption: Conductor Cleveland–That fellow can’t ride free any longer, Ma’am – he’s big enough to pay for himself!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-11-15
Theodore Roosevelt lauds the attributes of railroad men that make them both exceptional workers and ideal candidates for the military. He argues for preparedness and discusses fair business practices and working conditions in industry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-06-10
D. P. Sanderson’s business card. Sanderson is an agent with the Great Northern Railway.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Print shows John Kelly carrying a basket labeled “27,000 Votes For Sale,” accosting passengers on a “New York Train,” seeking buyers. Around the car, men are seated beneath windows labeled “Democratic Nomination Hewitt for Gov.,” “Cornell for Gov.,” “Folger for Gov.,” and “Wadsworth for Gov.” They are reading newspapers labeled “Half Breed,” “Greenback,” “Independent Puck,” “Stalwart,” and “Machine Paper.” Caption: John Kelly Here you are! I’ll sell to anybody else, except “blind pool men.” How much for the lot?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-08-30
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
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.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-11-17
A maniacal-looking railroad fireman labeled “Criminal Negligence” shovels human bodies into the boiler on a railroad locomotive. Caption: In the first nineteen days of January, of this year, 136 persons were killed on American railroads and as many more injured. The railroads, according to the Interstate Commerce Commission, are killing men, women and children at the rate of 26 a day and injuring 237 a day.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-02-27
Theodore Roosevelt suggests organizing the traveling salesmen and railway men.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-02