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Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt waving his hat from the deck of the Mayflower at passing war ships in Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903
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On June 18, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York City after a fifteen-month tour abroad, having travelled through Africa and western Europe. An elaborate city celebration drawing a million people marked his homecoming. Aboard the ocean liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria ex-President and Mrs. Roosevelt were met by a revenue cutter, the Manhattan, carrying the Roosevelt children. Roosevelt then went aboard a larger cutter, the Androscoggin, and officially became a guest of the city. After boating up the Hudson River along the New Jersey shore to West Fifty-Ninth St., the Androscoggin moved back along the Manhattan shore to Battery Park, followed by a water parade of almost one hundred vessels. Roosevelt was greeted by Mayor William J. Gaynor at the Park, where both briefly spoke to an assembled crowd, with notables seated on a flag-draped stand expanded for the occasion to hold 600 people. Battery ceremonies were followed by a parade up Broadway and Fifth Avenue to the Fifty-Ninth St. plaza, where it dispersed. In the parade Roosevelt, Mayor William J. Gaynor, and chairman of the city’s welcoming committee, Cornelius Vanderbilt, together rode in an open carriage, preceded by Roosevelt’s regiment of Rough Riders, First United States Volunteer Cavalry. Also in the parade were approximately 2000 other veterans of the Spanish-American War. On the film are views of the open harbor, with various vessels assembled for Roosevelt’s visit, including the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the Androscoggin, and the Manhattan; Roosevelt alone on the lookout station of what appears to be the Androscoggin as it moves into port; street scene in which photographers scramble to get clear view of carriages as notables pass through street cordoned off with greenery; Roosevelt and Vanderbilt move toward Battery speakers platform, beside which is visible the stand erected for Roosevelt’s family and dignitaries; Roosevelt and Mayor Gaynor, who steps forward to greet Roosevelt, ascend platform; men mill around base of platform; side view of Roosevelt speaking from written notes, with Gaynor behind him; scenes of crowds and tents in what appears to be Central Park south; parade moves toward camera and passes in front of decorated stands; Roosevelt, standing in carriage, pauses in front of stands; shots of mounted police, mounted band, carriages, marching band.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1910
On June 18, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York City after a fifteen-month tour abroad, having travelled through Africa and western Europe. An elaborate city celebration drawing a million people marked his homecoming. Aboard the ocean liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria ex-President and Mrs. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were met by a revenue cutter, the Manhattan, carrying the Roosevelt children. Roosevelt then went aboard a larger cutter, the Androscoggin, and officially became a guest of the city. After boating up the Hudson River along the New Jersey shore to West Fifty-Ninth St., the Androscoggin moved back along the Manhattan shore to Battery Park, followed by a water parade of almost one hundred vessels. Roosevelt was greeted by Mayor William J. Gaynor at the Park, where both briefly spoke to an assembled crowd, with notables seated on a flag-draped stand expanded for the occasion to hold 600 people. Battery ceremonies were followed by a parade up Broadway and Fifth Avenue to the Fifty-Ninth St. plaza, where it dispersed. In the parade Roosevelt, Mayor William J. Gaynor, and chairman of the city’s welcoming committee, Cornelius Vanderbilt, together rode in an open carriage, preceded by Roosevelt’s regiment of Rough Riders, First United States Volunteer Cavalry. Also in the parade were approximately 2000 other veterans of the Spanish-American War. On the film are views of the open harbor, with various vessels assembled for Roosevelt’s visit, including the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the Androscoggin, and the Manhattan; Roosevelt alone on the lookout station of what appears to be the Androscoggin as it moves into port; street scene in which photographers scramble to get clear view of carriages as notables pass through street cordoned off with greenery; Roosevelt and Vanderbilt move toward Battery speakers platform, beside which is visible the stand erected for Roosevelt’s family and dignitaries; Roosevelt and Mayor Gaynor, who steps forward to greet Roosevelt, ascend platform; men mill around base of platform; side view of Roosevelt speaking from written notes, with Gaynor behind him; scenes of crowds and tents in what appears to be Central Park south; parade moves toward camera and passes in front of decorated stands; Roosevelt, standing in carriage, pauses in front of stands; shots of mounted police, mounted band, carriages, marching band.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1910
A number of trusts are on a large “grab” ship with J. Pierpont Morgan at the front. Morgan looks through binoculars and says, “Saved,” when he sees Attorney General Philander C. Knox in a small vessel filled with cotton. Knox tips his hat to the ship. Meanwhile, a man labeled “the common people” peers out of the lower deck and says, “Help.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12
President Roosevelt shakes hands with Admiral Robert E. Peary on board of the ship Roosevelt at Oyster Bay just before Peary left for the North Pole.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-12
President-Elect Taft tells President Roosevelt that he did not approve including money to buy two ships in the appropriation bill, and was surprised to find that provision in the bill. Taft approved the resolution passed by the Senate, which directed that everything being carried to Panama should be transported in American bottoms. The later form of the provision was passed during Taft’s absence, and he assumed that Congress intended to buy the two ships. Taft believes that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s recollection of the matter may be better than his own.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-24
Secretary of War Taft thinks it unwise to build new ships for the Panama Canal Company. He lists several potential alternatives for President Roosevelt, including a new contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. While future action requires discussion, Taft is certain about terminating the current contract with Pacific Mail and not contracting the construction of any vessels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt agrees with Congressman Hawley that one vessel of the fleet should be in Galveston when the torpedo boat flotilla is there.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1897-12-11
Congressman Robert Bradley Hawley would like the torpedo boat flotilla and one additional ship to be in Galveston for George Washington’s birthday, February 22. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt hopes that Secretary of the Navy Long will consider this request as Hawley is a “a clean, straight, able Republican.”
Massachusetts Historical Society
1898-01-03
Commander Peary leans on the deck of the SS Roosevelt. Peary is wearing a fur trimmed coat, gloves, and pants. The edges of the postcard are decorated with illustrations of Arctic scenes. The back of the postcard features a description of the photograph, explaining that Peary has just left Upernavik in Greenland and is looking into the “land of the unknown.” Peary was an arctic explorer and claimed he and his expedition crew were the first to reach the geographic North Pole on April 8, 1909. This claim is still controversial.
1909
President Roosevelt shakes hands with Commander Peary before Peary sets sail from Oyster Bay, New York, for his Arctic expedition in July 1908. The edges of the postcard are decorated with illustrations of Arctic scenes. The description printed on the back of the postcard says Peary successfully completed his “dash for the pole” on April 8, 1909. Frederick A. Cook announced on September 1, 1909, that he had reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908.
1909
A crowd of people on the deck of the SS Roosevelt. A drawing of the ship itself is inset in the top left corner. The description printed on the back of the card tells of Peary’s exploration of the Arctic Ocean and “dash” for the North Pole, which involved “repeated efforts by daring men and the sacrifice of hundreds of lives in the cause of science.”
1909
The SS Roosevelt as it left Oyster Bay, New York, for Commander Peary’s Arctic expedition. The edges of the postcard are decorated with illustrations of Arctic scenes. The description printed on the back of the postcard describes the ship landing at North Star Bay in Greenland after sailing through “thick fogs and heavy ice drifts.”
1909
The SS Roosevelt is stuck in ice. The edges of the postcard are decorated with illustrations of Arctic scenes. The description on the back of the postcard describes the ship as “but an eggshell in [the icebergs’] grasp.” The men on Commander Peary’s arctic expedition had to be willing to sacrifice their lives for the “great work” of the exploration.
1909
The crew of the SS Roosevelt, which sailed on an expedition to the North Pole from 1908 to 1909. The edges of the postcard are decorated with illustrations of Arctic scenes. The description on the back of the postcard explains that Captain Bob Bartlett is the man standing on the far right, below the “X”.
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
Postcard with black and white photograph of the Roosevelt, a ship built for Robert E. Peary’s 1905 and 1908 Arctic explorations, alongside a glacier near Cape York, Greenland, August 1906. The ship was named for Theodore Roosevelt, who had been very supportive of Peary’s expeditions.
1907-1914
Postcard with a color image of the USS Theodore Roosevelt operating as an excursion ship.
1912
Color postcard of the steamship Roosevelt, built for Robert E. Peary’s 1905 and 1908 Arctic explorations. The ship was named for Theodore Roosevelt, who had been very supportive of Peary’s expeditions.
1907-1914
Postcard with a color image of the USS Theodore Roosevelt operating as an excursion ship in Saint Joseph, Michigan. On the reverse of the postcard, the unknown sender informs Mary Cravens that they have not been well.
1933-07-18