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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Postmaster

Theodore Roosevelt explains to the postmaster of Yuma, Arizona, that his son, Kermit Roosevelt, would like to hire a guide, Cipriano Domingues, for a short trip across the Mexican border. Roosevelt asks the postmaster to hire a messenger to deliver the enclosed letter to Domingues, to have the messenger write Kermit if Domingues was found and agrees to meet Kermit, and to tell Kermit of a grocery store so as to purchase provisions. Roosevelt asks the postmaster to send a bill for expenses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Oliver Davis to Theodore Roosevelt

Oliver Davis saw in the newspapers that President Roosevelt may take a tour through the battlefields of Natal while he is in Africa. Davis would like to give Roosevelt a tour of Majuba and the battlefields near Ladysmith.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-01

Creator(s)

Davis, Oliver, 1865-1927

The future of the ticker

An outlandishly dressed tour guide at a museum explains an exhibit showing a ticker tape machine to an equally outlandishly dressed couple touring the museum. Caption: Museum Attendant (in 1925) — These instruments, known as stock-tickers, were in use in Wall Street up to the year 1914. They were abandoned when the public got out of the market, and they are now very rare.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-01-07

Creator(s)

Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933