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Uncle Sam comforts a crying female figure labeled “Cuba,” as two men with broken swords labeled “Insurgent” and “Spaniard” take a break from fighting. Caption: When insurgent and Spaniard have worn themselves out fighting for Cuba, Uncle Sam may step in and comfort the fair damsel.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-07-10
A nurse attends to a fallen Spanish soldier as Uncle Sam returns his sword to its scabbard. In the upper left, a scene shows Spanish conquistadors attacking Natives.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-31
At left, two fashionably dressed, healthy young women escort a young man ill-suited for military service, carrying a valise, on his departure from a seaside resort. At right, two hearty young men, a soldier and a sailor, return home from military service during the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-09-21
New York political bosses Thomas Collier Platt and Richard Croker appear as Roman centurions, wearing armor and carrying swords labeled “Bossism.” They are daintily shaking hands with the New York state capitol building labeled “Albany” in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-16
A fashionably dressed, healthy young woman hangs on the arm of an injured football player. In the background, two hearty young men, a soldier and a sailor, home from military service during the Spanish-American War, and a young man, ill-suited for military service, are standing on the sidelines, no longer favored by the young woman.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-23
John Jacob Astor, wearing a military uniform and carrying a flag that states “On to Manila. Astor’s Mountain Battery” and a sword, holds the reins to many mules carrying cannon barrels, as he leads the way to Manila in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Caption: The war is proving that even millionaires can be patriots.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-22
Theodore Roosevelt describes what it means to be a good citizen by drawing on the lessons of the American Civil War. Roosevelt closes by praising the army in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-28
Print shows the dream of an “Anti-Expansionist” where Admiral George Dewey, General Elwell S. Otis, a sailor, and a soldier come ashore in the Philippines to offer their weapons and the American flag in surrender to Emilio Aguinaldo and a poorly armed, ragged, but haughty, group of Filipinos.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-04-19
Print shows an American soldier carrying a rifle and bag labeled “U.S.V.” walking in a tropical location. Diminutive figures labeled “Bryan, Ottendorfer, Pulitzer, Atkinson, [and] Godkin” are attempting to hold him back, while George Frisbie Hoar, left behind, stands with his right arm raised in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-05-24
At center, a Mahdi soldier and a Chinese soldier gloat over recent victories. On the left, the British army is routed by Mahdi forces in the Sudan, and on the right, the French army is routed by Chinese forces in “Tonquin” (i.e., Tonkin or North Vietnam). Caption: El Mahdi and John Chinaman – “Great Scott! What terrible fellows we are!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-04-08
Samuel J. “Delilah” Randall sits in a chair labeled “Protection,” holding scissors labeled “41 Democrats” in one hand and hair labeled “Tariff Reform Bill” in the other, his feet resting on a tiger skin. “Samson,” labeled “Democracy,” is standing at center. A club on the floor at his feet is labeled “The Peoples’ Confidence.” Roman soldiers, under the standard labeled “Republicans,” approach an entrance on the right. At the front are Chester Alan Arthur, James Gillespie Blaine, and Roscoe Conkling.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-05-14
Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled “Third Term”, Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, David Davis, James G. Bennett, John Kelly, Cyrus W. Field, William H. Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Samuel J. Tilden, Benjamin F. Butler, Thomas De Witt Talmage, and riding on horseback, Henry Ward Beecher. Following the soldiers, in the background on the right, is a float showing an old soldier labeled “Our Army” and a decrepit ship labeled “Our Navy”. In the background, on the left, is a reviewing stand for the “Foreign Guests”, with a French flag on one side and a German flag on the other. Caption: His army of contributors passing in review before our foreign guests.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1881-10-19
James Russell Lowell, minister to England, turns his back on an Irishman who is dressed like Uncle Sam and is in the custody of the British military for anarchistic activities. Lowell holds a paper that states, “All such persons should be made to understand distinctly that they cannot be Irishmen and Americans at the same time! J. R. Lowell.” Caption: Minister Lowell–“No, sir, you are not the kind of American citizen I am sent here to protect!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-03-22
In a winter scene, a soldier labeled “Democracy” stands in front of a road sign that points in four directions “Free Trade, To Tariff Reform, To Protection, [and] No Policy.” Between his feet is a small dog that looks like John Kelly. “Speaker Carlisle” as a drum major for “Reform” is standing in the left foreground. Behind and to the left are Benjamin Butler “Butlerism,” Abram S. “Hewitt” with “Free Trade” banner, and Samuel S. “Cox” pointing toward “Free Trade.” Samuel J. “Randall” is standing in the right foreground, wearing a helmet labeled “Protection.” Behind and to the right are Sereno “Payne” with banner labeled “Straddle Every Issue!”, Thomas “Bayard” holding papers that state “Dodge the Question,” and Samuel J. Tilden labeled “Ancient Issues.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-01-30
John Roach and George M. Robeson, dressed as 16th century soldiers, are performing a song and dance routine on a stage. Roach is holding a paper that states “Contract for new U.S. Cruisers $2,440,000 and ‘Extras!’ Awarded to John Roach.” Caption: When of corruption the public is weary, And the papers have found us out, / Our future then looks dark and dreary, And our profits are involved in doubt / That is the time for disappearing; Just take a header, down you go / But appropriations new are nearing–Bob up serenely from below! –“Olivette” amended.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-07-11
Edward G. Fischer writes to Theodore Roosevelt that a camp of soldiers have chosen as an informal name of their camp, “Camp Quentin.” The men are “honored by this association with the name of a hero.” Fischer sends this letter to inform Roosevelt of the name and to send sympathy from every member of his camp.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-09-19
An Army officer stands in a doorway with a woman labeled “W.C.T.U.”, a clergyman, and a man labeled “Timid Legislator.” They are viewing scenes in a canteen, where soldiers are playing chess and reading, and a dive where soldiers are drunk, arguing, and consorting with prostitutes. Includes a lengthy caption about “W.C.T.U.” efforts to close canteens and the government’s unwillingness to reinstate them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-02-19
Theodore Roosevelt, wearing a military uniform with the Japanese Imperial seal on the hat and holding a rifle, stands behind the “Park Row Earth Works,” as two rolled-up newspapers labeled “Sun” and “World” with rifles charge the earthworks. The background shows the war flag of the Japanese Imperial Army. Caption: “The war talk is due entirely to newspapers, which seek to increase their sales, and which for political reasons attack the Government.”–Taft at Tokio.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-10-23
On the left, captioned “Master and Pupils,” a European officer drills a rag-tag group of disinterested and poorly armed soldiers. On the right, captioned “Pupils and Master,” a diminutive European officer is dwarfed by large, well-equipped, well-trained, and disciplined Chinese soldiers.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-11-29
An Asian, possibly Chinese, soldier offers scissors labeled “Enlightenment” to Uncle Sam so that he can cut off his long braid labeled “Partisan Politics.” The soldier’s own severed braid labeled “Servitude” lies on the ground at his feet.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-01-31