Puck Easter
A young woman walks arm in arm with a rabbit carrying a basket of Easter eggs. A tonsured monk standing in the background is startled by what he sees.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1902-03-26
Your TR Source
Surprise
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to H. J. Hammond
Theodore Roosevelt tells H. J. Hammond it is not possible to answer his question.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-02-22
Creator(s)
The Teddyfication of the White House
William H. Taft stands in a large room at the White House looking shocked. All the furnishings, from animal skin rugs to lamp shades, andirons to woodcarvings and the faces in paintings, wall trim and moldings to embroidered chairs, show the countenance of Theodore Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1909-02-24
The only thing that would scare our thick-skinned senators
The U.S. Senate chamber is reduced to pandemonium when a Senate Page announces the unexpected arrival of “Investigators Lexow and Goff.” Among the senators scrambling for cover are Arthur P. Gorman, Matthew S. Quay, Calvin S. Brice, Edward Murphy Jr., and George F. Hoar. Caption: The awful scene that would ensue if investigators Lexow and Goff should unexpectedly appear in the U.S. Senate chambers.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1894-06-27
Creator(s)
A dying light
The horrified ghost of “Charles V” observes Práxedes M. Sagasta filling an oil lamp labeled “Spanish Honor” from a container labeled “Bombast.” The lamp sits on the “Map of Spain” on top of a small table. Caption: Shade of Charles V – Is that all that is left of my sun that never set on Spanish soil?
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1898-06-15
Creator(s)
“Now will you believe me?”
A young boy shows his younger siblings a Santa Claus suit in a wardrobe to convince them that Santa Claus does not exist.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1913-12-24
Creator(s)
Old home weak
Four elderly men and two elderly women watch a fashionably dressed young woman as she walks down the sidewalk.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1913-10-15
Creator(s)
A surprise party at Oyster Bay
A group of men make a surprise nighttime visit to Theodore Roosevelt, wearing pajamas, at Oyster Bay. Edward Henry Harriman carries a basket of lemons, James Roscoe Day carries a basket of “More Lemons,” Bellamy Storer carries a cake labeled “From Dear Maria” (his wife Maria Longworth Storer), Benjamin R. Tillman carries a watermelon, Chester I. Long carries a platter of “Welsh Rabbit” (possibly a reference to Herbert Welsh), and Joseph W. Bailey carries a bunch of bananas. Joseph Benson Foraker stands in the background, tipping his hat to Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1907-07-24