Tigers

Henry P. Curtis describes a recent publication on European natural history that he believes Theodore Roosevelt might be interested in. He explains how many towns were named after the animals that once resided there, such as Wolverhampton (wolves).

Curtis also shares with Roosevelt that his father was a Whig, while Curtis is a Republican. He expresses admiration for Senator John Sherman, discusses his political adversaries, and wishes that Sherman, Alexander Hamilton, and Daniel Webster could have been presidents.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-15

President Roosevelt, an elephant, and a tiger all hold up their glasses for a toast at the “Iriquois Club, Chicago, Illinois.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05

Creator(s)

Johnson, Evan B. (Evan Burton), 1881-

Democrats and Republicans, capitalists, social reformers, political symbols, and others enjoy a summer outing at a park.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-08-17

Creator(s)

Pughe, J. S. (John S.), 1870-1909

New York City Mayor George B. McClellan and Police Commissioner William McAdoo are pictured washing the Tammany Tiger labeled “Corruption” and “Graft.” In the background, Tammany Hall boss Charles F. Murphy is posting a notice for the “Democratic Convention” on July 6 in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904-05-04

New York Mayor Seth Low directs the bombardment of a Tammany Hall bunker flying a flag labeled “Tammany Graft.” Several men, among them former President Grover Cleveland, and Charles V. Fornes, pass shells labeled “Clean record, Capable administration, [and] Just return for taxes” for an “Anti-Tammany” howitzer. They are behind a sand-bag bunker labeled “Honest Government” and are flying the flag of “Municipal Reform.” Caption: “That ammunition fits our gun only.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-10-21

Theodore Roosevelt valued the editorial from Horace G. Knowles, and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was pleased with the tiger skin.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed the account of L. H. Mosier’s experience with a tiger. He found the account believable and sees nothing supernatural or miraculous about the event.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-02-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Reverend William Way that there are no tigers in any part of Africa, but the leopard is sometimes called the “tiger,” similar to how the jaguar in South America is sometimes called a “tiger.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is most interested in what Frederick Courteney Selous wrote about the cheetahs. Roosevelt hopes that Selous will take a hunting trip to India and advance the knowledge of big game.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt apprises William Austin Wadsworth of his plans to attend the dinner and stay for Smith’s lecture. He finds the tiger business interesting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt tells William Sturgis Bigelow that “the advent of the Tammany Tiger caused great excitement at the office, and an equal amount at home.” He comments on the tiger’s smile, and says that if the Republican party continues with its different factions, the tiger’s smile will continue to grow. While both factions deserve some blame, Roosevelt believes that led by Thomas Collier Platt deserves the greater amount.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-11-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

A Tammany tiger and a Democratic donkey stand shoulder-to-shoulder, but look away from one another. On the ground are broken weapons and a skull.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-01

Creator(s)

Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912

President Roosevelt has his big stick at his feet and holds out his hands toward a snake, a lion, a tiger, a giraffe, a rhino, and a monkey. The “G.O.P.” elephant says, “He hypnotized me.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-09

The Tammany Tiger sits at a table, holding a knife and fork, and crying over the tiny turkey labeled “Patronage” on a platter labeled “20,000 Majority for Tammany.” Next to the platter is a mug labeled “No Sunday Beer.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-11-27

Creator(s)

Unknown

“Dr. Schurz” holding a large carving knife and sharpening tool, “Dr. Grace,” and “Dr. Parkhurst” holding a saw examine a sick tiger labeled “Tammany.” A medicine case in the foreground contains a drill, pincers, and a bottle of “Giant Powder – Reform Brand.” Caption: Cut him up into small pieces; – don’t let any of his nine lives get away!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-11-06

Creator(s)

Taylor, Charles Jay, 1855-1929

David B. Hill labeled “Hill-ism,” Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger labeled “Croker-ism,” and Roswell P. Flower, wearing a tall stove-pipe hat, labeled “Flower-ism,” stand on “Condemned Row” in the “Prison of Public Condemnation.” They are watching a group of men, on the left, construct a guillotine labeled “Reform Movement.” Puck is standing on the left with “Parkhurst, Grace, Lexow, Godkin, Ottendorfer, [and] Goff,” who is posting a notice on the wall of the prison that states, “Notice! On Election Day, Nov. 6th 1894. Execution of Hill-ism, Croker-ism, and Flower-ism. By Order of the People.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-06-13

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

A tableau painting, with Whitelaw Reid subduing the Tammany Tiger with a broken knife labeled “Straight Rep. Ticket,” is being displayed on a stage. Thomas Collier Platt, standing on the left, is admiring the painting. Caption: Platt’s “living picture” – an awful fake.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-06-27

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

The Tammany Tiger, wearing tattered clothing and a patch over the left eye, sits on the steps outside the entry to “Tammany Hall.” A sign on his lap states, “Please Help a Poor Tiger Until This Reform Wave Subsides,” and he holds a string attached to a small dog with the face of Charles A. Dana who has a small cup attached to his collar. A notice on the side of the building states, “Notice. Tammany Treasury Empty!!! Funds Badly Needed!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1895-09-11

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

President Roosevelt sits in a forest with a spyglass pointed at a tiger. Two teddy bears sit near signs. One sign says, “Notice – Dont shoot at the animals,” and the other says, “Posted. Reporters, Dogs, or Hunters Not Allowed.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1904

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

The angry countenance of Father Knickerbocker looks down from storm clouds on a flood that has broken up “Tammany Hall” with the Tammany Tiger sitting on a partial building labeled “Tammany” and a group of Natives sitting on a ladder resting against the other half of the building labeled “Hall.” Other Natives are treading water. A bolt of lightning is labeled “Popular Condemnation.” Among those depicted as Natives are Richard Croker, Roswell P. Flower, William B. Cockran, James J. Martin, and Hugh J. Grant. Also shown are Charles A. Dana, Edward Murphy Jr., and George B. McClellan, and the top hat of John J. Scannell.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-05-09

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905