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An unexpected and agreeable (?) discovery

An unexpected and agreeable (?) discovery

Cartoon shows President Roosevelt looking through a telescope at a glowing cloud “Resolutions Nov. 28 1902 for a Cuban reciprocity law” while Tasker Howard Bliss places his hand over the lens of the telescope. Roosevelt wears a sword “Reciprocity” and has a rolled sheet of paper in his back pocket “Message, I hope soon to submit to the Senate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Cuban-American Reciprocity Bureau

Bas-relief washed ashore at Oyster Bay

Bas-relief washed ashore at Oyster Bay

President Roosevelt holds up “the big stick” and looks into “the G.O.P. strenuous telescope” as he sees a “2nd term” shooting star pass a “Democratic eclipse.” There is a broken “1st term” star on the ground and a paper that reads, “Explanations of all the mysteries for the universe by T. Roosevelt.” Charles W. Fairbanks is in the background saying, “Give somebody else a chance.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09

Creator(s)

Smith, Sidney, 1877-1935