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Newton H. Parkes, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, presents the findings of his investigation regarding the transportation of President Roosevelt’s horse. Parkes believes that the report given by Charles H. Lee, who was assigned to travel with and take care of the horse, was “false in every particular.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-10
Parkes, Newton H., 1870-1955
Shipping label for a book sent from Alfred L. Hutchinson to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-18
William Loeb sends A. E. Paterson a money order to cover the cost of a transfer of a box of books from the Long Island Railroad’s pier to the Panama Railroad’s dock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-04
President Roosevelt requests that Smith, MacKenzie & Company forward his shipment of goods to Alfred E. Pease’s ranch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-22
On behalf of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou thanks James Edward Kelly for the letter, and asks that when he is done with the saddle and uniform he ship them to Roosevelt’s home at Sagamore Hill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-25
Acting Secretary of War Oliver sends William Loeb a copy of a report made by Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker, Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission related to transportation contracts and the shipping of materials to the Canal Zone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-03
Scenes of the Panama Canal, generally in the natural order of passage, from a ship moving from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The ship passes by the Panamanian city of Colón on the Atlantic end, through the channel to Gatun Locks and into Gatun Lake, with views of the Gatun spillway and the Chagres River. From here she passes from Gaillard Cut (Culebra Cut), into the Pedro Miguel Locks and into Miraflores Lake; then through the Miraflores Locks and into the final portion of the canal, passing the Canal Zone towns of Ancon, Balboa, and Balboa Heights. Final views are of the Ancon Hospital (Gorgas Hospital) and the United States Administration Building at Balboa.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1919
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit after their return from their African hunting trip to say he is sending Kermit’s rifle to him in Paris and it has been very difficult getting everything from the shipping company they used to send materials home from Africa. Roosevelt is not looking forward to his trip through the country and speaking engagements but he wants to work until he is sixty if that is possible. He says Ethel Roosevelt is planning a Western trip and Archie Roosevelt has been helping him around Sagamore Hill.
1910-07-19
A ship lies at a loading dock in Cuba or South America where they are shipping their revolutions, with scenery, military equipment, and personnel, to Coney Island. There is organization and composure in the boarding of the ship as revolutionaries and soldiers await their turns.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-10-03
A large man labeled “Big Shipper” appears as a blacksmith holding a diminutive man labeled “Small shipper” on an anvil labeled “The Rail Road” and striking it with a hammer labeled “Rebates.” On the floor at his feet is a pile of coins labeled “Illegitimate Profits,” and eager schoolchildren (Nelson W. Aldrich, Chauncey M. Depew, Thomas Collier Platt, and others) gather at the entryway hoping to “catch the burning sparks that fly like chaff from the threshing floor.” Includes verse.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-06-13
A railroad lobbyist puts on a puppet show. The puppets, labeled “Nicaragua Route” and “Panama Route,” stand in opposition to each other. Caption: Railroad Lobbyist — The railroads won’t have to compete with a canal so long as I can keep these figures fighting.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-04-23
Father Knickerbocker, the traditional symbol of New York City, “N.Y.” sits atop buildings on New York’s waterfront. Strings attached to his fingers extend to ships at the dock and beyond, presumably to overseas connections. In the background is a small figure labeled “Neptune” holding a trident and standing on Chicago’s waterfront area, with a sign stating “Chicago 1000 miles to the sea” and with factories spewing thick black smoke. Caption: Father Knickerbocker. — That’s all right; but what you need is less smoke and more salt water!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-05-15
President William McKinley, former Senator George F. Edmunds, and McKinley’s advisor Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna are on board a grounded ship labeled “Shipping Subsidy Bill” in rough seas labeled “Press Attacks.” The ship rests on rocks labeled “Opposition.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-01-23
Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna grabs Uncle Sam by the coat collar and gestures toward a building labeled “Ship Builders’ Trust.” Ex-Senator George F. Edmunds hides behind its door. Protruding from Hanna’s coat pocket are papers labeled “Hanna Payne Subsidy Bill,” formerly introduced by Senator George F. Edmunds.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-02-07
Georgetown waterfront as seen from Mason’s Island, later Theodore Roosevelt Island. Numerous sailing vessels are anchored on the waterfront.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1865
View of the Georgetown waterfront as seen from Mason’s Island, later called Theodore Roosevelt Island. Numerous sailing vessels are anchored on the waterfront.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1865
View of the Georgetown waterfront as seen from Mason’s Island, later called Theodore Roosevelt Island. Numerous sailing vessels are anchored on the waterfront.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1865-11-13
Analostan, later called Theodore Roosevelt Island, sits in the middle of the Potomac River. Several tall ships are anchored in the river and at the Georgetown waterfront. The Alexandria Aqueduct Bridge, in its second incarnation as a canal and roadway, is visible in the foreground.
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
1875
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs B. F. Boos that Kermit Roosevelt does not possess any invoice for the sample marbles. They were acquired in Italy and given to Warrington Dawson in Paris, who would have shipped them sooner to New York had he not fallen ill. Roosevelt’s secretary instructs Boos to have the duties assessed and paid and to forward the marbles to Oyster Bay, after which the account for these services will be paid.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt has signed and returned the books he received from James Carleton Young. His secretary is returning Young’s check as they did not pay anything for delivery on their end.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-05