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A caricature of the Statue of Liberty replaces Liberty with a labor union “Walking Delegate.” His torch is labeled “Lawlessness” and he holds a tablet labeled “Tyranny.” At the base are crowds of immigrants disembarking from boats, as other boats stream across the sea from a location marked with a sign that states “To the Land of the Free.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-04-29
On behalf of his daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, President Roosevelt thanks Jeanne-Emélie Baheux Bartholdi for sending the replica of her husband’s Statue of Liberty.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-22
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
The Cracker Jack Bears visit the Statue of Liberty. A box of Cracker Jacks balances on top of Lady Liberty’s torch. One bear stands on the statue’s raised arm while the other, holding a can of red paint, sits on a book painted with the words “Cracker Jack” painted in red that the statue holds in her other arm.
1907-1914
Print shows a fireworks display with Puck bowing on a stage in front of a “Fan Light” featuring the likenesses of William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and Jay Gould; on stage with Puck is a hand holding a smoldering torch which may represent Bartholdi’s hand and torch from the Statue of Liberty. On the left is a pagoda labeled “Puck Office” and on the right is a building labeled “Tammany Hall.” Among the fireworks are many faces of politicians and other prominent figures of the day, some labeled by type of firework, such as “Chicago Shower” – Arthur, Grant, Conkling, Logan and Cameron; “Tumbler” – Tilden; “Twister” – Schurz; “The Falling Tammany Star” – Kelly; “Bomb” – Davis; “Junk Whizzler” – Robeson; “Polar Rocket” – Bennett; “Buster” – Butler; and “Star Route Staggerer” – Dorsey. Others shown are James G. Blaine, Henry Ward Beecher, Elizabeth Tilton(?), Thomas De Witt Talmage, and Theodore Tilton.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-07-05
The Statue of Liberty, her torch spewing the smoke of “Lawlessness” and her tablet stating “The Unwritten Law,” is holding a handgun and a rope labeled “Lynching.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-09-09
Black and white political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt as the Statue of Liberty and carrying a club.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1907-07-10
The Statue of Liberty has been knocked from its pedestal and is lying in the harbor. It has been replaced by a golden cow wearing a crown and a necklace emblazoned with a “$.” The illustration is captioned with a large question mark.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-07-03
A large man, holding a cat-o’-nine-tails labeled “Schedules” and wearing a crown labeled “Monopoly” shaped like the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, sits atop a U.S. Customs building in front of which is a large pile of “Tariff Tribute” money being deposited by disgruntled citizens. Standing to the right is a large Statue of Liberty pointing to the streams of citizens and laughing. Caption: “It is to laugh!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-07-05
Statue of Liberty bending to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s upstretched hand from boat in New York Harbor. One in a series of postcards celebrating Roosevelt’s return from his trip to Africa and Europe.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910