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William Loeb gives instructions for the meeting between the Winchester Repeating Arms Representative and President Roosevelt, so that he can make sure everything is loaded on the ship correctly for his upcoming African Safari.
Buffalo Bill Center of the West
1909-02-21
General William Crozier sends additional guns and cartridges for President Roosevelt to use on his African safari. They should be put in a case that will let Roosevelt use them on the steamer.
Buffalo Bill Center of the West
1909-02-27
An arrangement for piano and string orchestra of the song written for Theodore Roosevelt’s return from African safari. Arranged by Harry L. Alford.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
Sheet music for “Ted the Hunter March and Two-Step,” a march referencing Theodore Roosevelt’s safari in Africa. The music was published in Pictorial Review magazine.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
Sheet music for “Since Bwano Tumbo Came from Jumbo Land,” a popular song about Theodore Roosevelt’s African safari.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
Sheet music for “Teddy, We’re Glad You’re Here,” a song welcoming back Theodore Roosevelt from his African safari and imploring him to give up “the strenuous life” and let America love him. The cover features a portrait illustration of Roosevelt surround by hands reaching for the portrait and animals. There is also illustrations of the Sphinx and Roosevelt riding a camel.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
Sheet music for “Teddy in the Jungles,” an instrumental march referencing Theodore Roosevelt’s post-presidential safari.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
“Moving Day in Jungletown” sheet music from the Flo Ziegfeld production of The Follies of 1909. There are 10 songs from the show which all feature a cover illustration that includes a drawing of Theodore Roosevelt shooting a lion; however, only Moving Day in Jungletown is lyrically connected to Roosevelt. The back cover contains prices for other pieces of sheet music available from the publisher.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
Kermit Roosevelt photographs his father Theodore Roosevelt with a group of African people. Kermit was the official photographer of the African safari from 1909 to 1910. The message written on the postcard to Sedalia Momrer invites her and her sister to Matt Scheckel’s home on Friday night.
1910-02-21
Theodore Roosevelt and several other men sit and stand around the front of a train engine in Africa. Roosevelt’s African safari lasted from March 1909 until 1910, and he and his expedition crew collected about 11,400 animal specimens for the Smithsonian. They also hunted big game during the trip.
1909
Theodore Roosevelt stands on the top deck and a crowd of people gather on the lower deck as the ship arrives in Mombasa harbor. Roosevelt left for his African safari on March 23, 1909, and returned in June 1910.
1910
A postcard featuring an illustration of President Roosevelt and others standing near a train at Alfred E. Pease’s ranch in Africa near Kapiti. Pease was Roosevelt’s “first host in Africa” and a lot of game hunting occurred on Pease’s property. The message written on the postcard is addressed to Evelyn Taylor from “Aunt Hazel.”
1909-06-19
This postcard is number three in a series. Description is given on reverse: “An interesting group viewing Mombassa from the ship’s rail. Reading from left to right we have Messrs. Roosevelt, Selous, Mearns, and Kermit Roosevelt. Mr. Selous is the most famous living American hunter; Mr. Mearns represents the Smithsonian Institute and has charge of all the taxidermy work of the expedition.”
1909
Postcard featuring Theodore Roosevelt wearing African attire holding both a big stick and a dead lion. The backdrop of his chair features a scene of a giraffe at the top and an American flag on the bottom. The pedestal holding the lion contains the caption “Bwana Tumbo The Lucky Chief” with swastikas on each side.
1909
Postcard titled “The Strenuous Life.” Theodore Roosevelt stands over a lion with a hunting rifle in one hand, waving his cap with the other.
1909
After his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt took part in a safari through parts of eastern and central Africa, funded and organized by the Smithsonian Institution. In this film, Roosevelt and members of his party appear in different locations, all probably in the vicinity of Mt. Kenya, British East Africa (Kenya), in 1909. There are views of Kikuyu and/or Masai ritual dances, shots of Roosevelt and party with tribesmen, campsite porters busy at work, and Roosevelt on horseback. The film also contains several views of what is probably part of the large Kikuyu dance performed in Roosevelt’s honor at Nyeri in August, with a small number of Masai also participating. There is a view of large number of what may be Masai women ceremonially forming circle, through which men with shields pass.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1909
“Roosevelt the American Man” commemorates the deeds that make Theodore Roosevelt the “Great American Man” while he is away on safari.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1910
Sheet music for “When Teddy Goes Back,” which describes how happy people will be when Theodore Roosevelt returns from a safari in Africa. The cover features an illustration of Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1911
Sheet music for “Teddy, the Jungle Bogie-Man,” a comedic song from the stage play The Newlyweds and Their Baby. The lyrics employ Theodore Roosevelt’s safari in Africa to reference other tropes and themes often used around Roosevelt.
Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection
1909
View of Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied by members of his safari party, planting a tree in front of a trading post building. The sign on the building says “BOMA TRADING C L / SAFARI OUTFITTERS.” The interior title identifies the location as Mombasa, Kenya.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1909-1910