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Postcard entitled Summer St. John featuring two bears waterside. The larger bear fishes while the smaller bear pulls on the rope at the other end of the pole. Postcard contains no message.
1907
A gigantic man and a gigantic woman ride bicycles on a dirt road. They are road hogs, forcing other forms of transportation, mainly diminutive horse-drawn carriages, off the road.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-05-20
Former president Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances play with their children, Ruth, Esther, and Marion, in the backyard of their residence. Several men labeled “Morgan, Daniel, Pugh, Faulkner, Vest, Dana, [and] Gorman” spy on them from behind a fence, bushes, and over a hedge.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-06-09
A member of the clergy, a strict “Sabbatarian,” observes and deplores people engaging in various Sunday activities, including boating and bicycling. In the center vignette, Satan objects to the Sunday outings, too, because they seem “to make people better, instead of worse.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1897-05-26
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Caption: “Now, stop it! Oh, please! / Did you hear what I said?” / She calls him a tease; / “Now, stop it! Oh, please!” / She cries in high keys. / But she means, Go ahead! / “Now, stop it! Oh, please! / Did you hear what I said?”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-07-30
At the intersection of a busy city street and a street railroad on a Sunday, many activities are taking place at an amusement park, a golf course, a real estate office, a club house, a baseball game in progress, and on a beach.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-06-18
Theodore Roosevelt is enjoying the “loveliest honeymoon imaginable.” They are spending their time driving, walking, playing tennis, and reading aloud.
1880-11-04
Theodore Roosevelt has been living a “perfect dream” with Alice Lee Roosevelt. The house and servants are “just perfection.” He describes a relaxed, average day during their honeymoon.
1880-10-31
Vignettes show accidents taking place in various forms of recreation. At center is an automobile accident involving a horse-drawn carriage. Surrounding scenes show golf and baseball, hunting and fishing, and mountain climbing.
“Wreckreation,” the second major contribution to Puck by the forgotten master Harry Grant Dart, is not a political cartoon but social commentary verging on grim humor.
His centerspread theme-and-variations addresses the dubious pleasures, if not the dangers, of popular sports and pastimes of the day.
President Roosevelt wishes Anna Roosevelt Cowles well. He asks her to tell William Sheffield Cowles how much he appreciates his fur jacket.
1904-01-18
A beautiful young woman rides an ocean wave approaching the beach. A lobster and a fish appear below.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-08-16
A woman wearing a swimsuit stands on a large fish that is splashing through waves.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes to continue a discussion with Anna Roosevelt Cowles about the need for lively pursuits at home that he compares to the French art of savoir vivre. He gives examples that Oyster Bay ought to have: a park with a bandstand, a Y.M.C.A, and tennis courts; and explains that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt are trying to enlist some of the villagers to contribute to supplying some of these facilities. Roosevelt updates Cowles on his family’s activities. Edith’s fiftieth birthday was two days ago and she was delighted with her presents, which is not always the case. Roosevelt writes that sometimes she even shares his “own mother’s way of looking at a present of which she does not approve.” They ride and row together, and he plays tennis well.
1911-08-08
Norman V. McLeod recalls in detail the positive experiences he had during the six months he spent in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Because he was not needed at the camp in Medora, North Dakota, McLeod spent two weeks there and was then transferred to northern Minnesota. McLeod reflects on the impacts the CCC had on him, the training he received, and the people with whom he worked. McLeod also includes a short note with more information on the two weeks he spent in Medora, and returns the letter sent to him with the questionnaire with a short note on it as well.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984
John H. Hutton provides short answers to questions about the six months he spent in the Civilian Conservation Corps stationed near Watford City, North Dakota. Hutton does provide the names of supervisors and fellow CCC alumni, but the majority of his answers are fairly limited.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1984
Photograph of a group of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees standing outside their barracks in the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1941
Six trucks leave the Civilian Conservation Corps campground with CCC members on their way to Beach or Belfield for a weekend outing.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1934-1941
Photograph of unknown Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee practicing boxing with a punching bag in the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1939-1941
Photograph of an original picture of the Civilian Conservation Corps company standing outside camp buildings during roll call at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees and U.S. Army officers standing outside a camp building during the winter at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937