Salutations

Theodore Roosevelt stands at an open window, greeting a group of men singing Christmas carols. The carolers are John D. Rockefeller, Joseph Benson Foraker, Henry H. Rogers, Edward Henry Harriman, David J. Brewer, and James Roscoe Day.

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Comments and Context

Cartoonist L. M. Glacken’s Christmas Day cover drawing in Puck featured a frequent theme of the day — a frequent practice, now largely moribund, of carolers singing hymns and Christmas songs house to house. The “Outs,” they sometimes were called, especially when not invited indoors for warmth and refreshments.

Theodore Roosevelt, as a hayseed from “Oyster Bay,” is being greeted by Edward H. Harriman, as J. Pierpont Morgan and James J. Hill look on from around a doorway in the background. Caption: “Well, if this ain’t Uncle Ted Roosevelt! How’s all the folks at dear old Oyster Bay?”

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Comments and Context

If not for the caption (“They take him for…”) and the winking expression and false beard of the out-of-town hayseed “Uncle Ted” Roosevelt, one might think Udo J. Keppler’s cartoon suggested that President Roosevelt was naive and susceptible in the hands of the nation’s most powerful magnates Edward H. Harriman, James J. Hill, and J. P. Morgan.

A large statue of a man labeled “Ananias” looks down with one eye at a large circle of diplomats from many nations who are bowing to each other in a diplomatic display of etiquette.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-05-24

Two mermaids discuss the actions of a third mermaid, who appears to be flirting with a man on an ocean liner. Caption: First Mermaid — I think it’s awfully brazen of Tessie to flirt so with a perfect stranger. Second Ditto — Oh, he isn’t a stranger. He’s a fellow she met at Bar Harbor last summer. She says he taught her to swim.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-01-25

Colonel Roosevelt advises General Johnson that he will rush to provide him the two photographs he requested.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-09-27

H. Hay wishes President Roosevelt a happy New Year and congratulates him on his recent work as president. Hay continues to hope for an “Anglo Saxon alliance.” He would also like the United States and England to cooperate on simplified spelling and the adoption of the metric system. Hay describes his hunting in India and asks if Roosevelt has started using a “motor car.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-10

Assistant Attorney General Robb called to say that Edmund H. Driggs has been convicted. William J. Youngs sends his compliments to President Roosevelt and wishes him a happy New Year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-07

Yick Nam Quan thanks President Roosevelt for his “kind remembrances during the Christmas holiday,” asks him to forgive him again, and wishes Roosevelt and his family a happy New Year.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-26

Yick Nam Quan sends holiday greetings to President Roosevelt and his wife.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-19

Mrs. Longstreet sends greetings from Georgia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09