Prairie rattlesnake
A prairie rattlesnake moves across the ground in Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-07
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Rattlesnakes
Prairie rattlesnake
A prairie rattlesnake curled up on the ground in Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Creation Date
1954-07
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William F. Carr
President Roosevelt was interested in William F. Carr’s account of how his dog killed a rattlesnake. He believes it sheds light on how mongooses kill venomous snakes in India.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-25
Creator(s)
Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Benjamin F. Barnes
C. Hart Merriam received a batch of bear skulls from Colorado but did not receive any data to accompany them. He will ask his officer about the rattlesnakes, but kindly requests the data.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-03
Creator(s)
“Medicine men” with squirming rattlesnakes, odd homes of the Cliff Dwellers, World’s Fair, St. Louis
This stereograph depicts “Medicine men” with rattlesnakes at the World’s Fair in St. Louis.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1904
Creator(s)
Stalwart stupidity
Puck, holding his lithographic pen, and the Independent Party figure, holding an axe labeled “November Election,” stand inside a cabin next to the head of Roscoe Conkling that has been cut off a large rattlesnake labeled “Stalwartism,” its rattle labeled “Stalwart Office Seeker.” In the background, a large fire labeled “Government Patronage” burns in a fireplace. Caption: Puck – What! Isn’t it dead? Independent New Party – Oh, yes! but it hasn’t got sense enough to know it!
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1883-01-03
Creator(s)
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Lee Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt reports from his Dakota territory hunting trip that on the ninth day his luck turned and he has shot a buffalo and two “superb stags.” He goes on to describe the hunt and says he plans to stay another week.
Collection
Creation Date
1883-09-20