Roads

President Roosevelt’s footsteps can be seen on a road with a sign, “This way to the 3rd term.” They cannot get around the “Solid South” barrier in the road, and the footprints turn back away from the barrier. Caption: “‘If I could be positively assured of the electoral vote of a single Southern State I would gladly be a candidate for the presidency next year.’ –T.R.” 

comments and context

Comments and Context

“The Mysterious Stranger” by John T. McCutcheon was another cartoon that dealt with presidential politics, the “Solid South,” and footsteps; and this drawing, “Closed!” by Camillus Kessler, employs the same themes and memes, but three years later and without figures. In a way, then, it is more of pure political cartoon, relying on symbols as it does.

Photograph of park staff relocating the visitors’ center and the entrance sign.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1961

Photograph of a grassy area once occupied by U.S. Highway 85.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1964-03

Photograph of the road leading from U.S. Highway 85 to the North Unit visitors’ center.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1964-03

Photograph of old U.S. Highway 85, a dirt road, near the visitors’ center after it was relocated in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1964-03

Photograph of U.S. Highway 85, with stone entrance sign visible, at the North Unit entrance.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1964-03

Photograph of a wood mileage sign along the park road indicating distances to points of interest.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1962

A Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee stands next to a camp building with US Highway 85 in the background, taken in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of 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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

Photograph of the Little Missouri River taken from a dirt park road in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. Photograph is part of 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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

Photograph of the Little Missouri River taken from a dirt park road in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. Photograph is part of 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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

The photograph shows the Civilian Conservation Corps camp officer and foremen quarters, with the old Roosevelt bridge and US Highway 85 in the background, located in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of 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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1937-01

The photograph shows the frozen Little Missouri River at the Oxbow Overlook in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of 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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

The photograph shows the Civilian Conservation Corps camp near the old Roosevelt Bridge in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of 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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees pile driving sections of a bridge during a road construction project at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of 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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

The photograph shows the Civilian Conservation Corps camp near the old Roosevelt Bridge that crossed the Little Missouri River in the North Unit of the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

The photograph shows the main road in the North Unit Civilian Conservation Corps camp with buildings and a car nearby at the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

The photograph shows badlands landscape north of the North Unit Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

The photograph shows U.S. Highway 85 north of the North Unit Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1936-1937

Photograph of a sharp curve in the park road built by the Civilian Conservation Corps the between US highway 85 and camp the North Unit of Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1938

Park road at the Peaceful Valley Junction east of the ranch.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1961