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Uncle Sam, wearing boots (one that says “Army” and the other that says “Navy”), marches forward with a shovel and a pail toward “Panama.” Beside him is an elephant holding a shovel. President Roosevelt is in the distance away from Panama waving a white paper.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-01
Secretary of State Elihu Root rolls up his sleeves and reaches for a large shovel in “Panama” with “engineering difficulties,” “politics,” “yellow Jack,” and “red tape” in it. Meanwhile, Secretary of War William H. Taft uses a megaphone on a crowded “seeing the Philippines” boat.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-10
President Roosevelt uses an “administration scoop” to dig the “Panama Canal.” He digs up a number of men, including a “grafter,” “revolutionist,” and “favored contractors.” There are more men still in the canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-01
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees shoveling dirt while working on a project at the Chateau de Morès State Historic Site in Medora, North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1930-1939
Uncle Sam holds a shovel as he faces a number of rocks in Panama: “opposition,” “Dem. opposition,” and “R.R. lobby opposition.” Caption: “Well, I’m here at last, but it’s a tough road!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-25
President Roosevelt, armed with a shovel and various weapons including a sword in his mouth, disembarks from the USS GOP on “the Roosevelt Doctrine” gangplank onto “Panama” and prepares to shake the hand of the waiting “Republic of Panama.” In the distance, armed men of “Columbia” look on.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-09
President Roosevelt calmly sits by a shovel as “Panama” brings him a “Cuba 1898” sword. “Panama” says, “You’ll need this, too.” In the background, a group of Colombian men come charging toward Roosevelt saying, “Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11
A sleepy Uncle Sam, wearing a robe, stands in the snow marked with “$” at the foot of snow-covered steps, with the “U.S. Treasury” in the background. He is handing a shovel labeled “Repeal of the Silver Coinage Law” to a diminutive man labeled “Buckner” with papers in his pocket labeled “Chairman Coinage Com.” who refuses to take it, saying he’ll come back later. Liberty observes from a window behind Uncle Sam. Caption: Buckner “Not just now – I’ll see you later!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-01-02
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913