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Huntington Norton explains that the collision was merely a glancing blow with no damage. He appreciates Theodore Roosevelt’s offer to pay the bill, but there was no expense.
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1911-08-24
Thomas F. Walsh writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the death of his son, Vinson Walsh.
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1905-09-05
The new year, “1911,” arrives by airplane, while on the ground Father Time looks aghast at the airplane overhead and the wreck of his automobile labeled “1910.”
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1910-12-28
A macabre figure of the Roman god Mercury labeled “Speed Mania” leads automobile drivers speeding along country roads in an automobile race. They are being cheered by crowds even while having accidents and running over spectators.
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1910-10-26
A donkey recklessly drives an automobile labeled “Democratic Party,” bearing down on the Republican elephant labeled “G.O.P.” standing in the middle of the roadway. An arm labeled “Standpatter” reaches out from the left and an arm labeled “Insurgent” reaches out from the right. Each grabs the Republican elephant and pulls it in opposite directions. Caption: Both — Quick! Come this way, dearie!
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1910-08-17
An automobile driver is pursued by the ghosts of many animals that have probably been hit and killed by automobile drivers since the invention of the automobile.
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1910-04-20
An automobile driver tries to negotiate workmen in the roadway, children playing ball in the street and darting in front of automobiles, absentminded pedestrians stepping off the curb, and people exiting streetcars into oncoming traffic. Includes a lengthy caption about the hazards an automobile driver faces on city streets.
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1913-01-29
A candlestick with flame labeled “Speed Madness” is surrounded by speeding automobiles caught in the illumination. People are falling out of the cars and the wreckage is collecting in the basin of the candlestick holder.
The concern over “speed madness” in the day was indeed real, despite the fact that forty miles per hour was considered “scorching.” Automobiles were proliferating, ever more affordable, and produced by dozens of manufacturers from New York to Cleveland to Detroit to Chicago. They were gasoline-driven, mostly, but also electric and steam.
An automobile is being driven down a country road, leaving dead chickens in its wake.
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1911-07-26
A “road hog” drives an automobile down the middle of the road, forcing other automobiles to veer off in order to prevent a collision. Caption: For pure hoggishness, he outhogs the end-seat hog.
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1911-06-21
Henry L. Dawes inquires about President Roosevelt’s health and prays for a speedy recovery after his accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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1902-09-30
M. Florence Locke is thankful that President Roosevelt is successfully recovering from injuries sustained in a carriage accident.
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1902-09-29
Joseph Bucklin Bishop expresses relief that President Roosevelt’s recovery from a traffic accident is going well.
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1902-09-24
Senator Allison comments positively on President Roosevelt’s recent speeches and wishes him a speedy recovery from the Pittsfield accident.
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1902-09-24
Anna Roosevelt Cowles expresses concern about President Roosevelt’s leg injury and offers her services and those of her husband, William S. Cowles.
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1902-09-24
George Rumsey Sheldon expresses relief that President Roosevelt is recovering well from the carriage accident. Sheldon has been working hard at the Saratoga convention but found it necessary to withdraw.
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1902-09-26
George R. Smalley, writing from Great Britain, has heard many expressions of regard and attachment towards President Roosevelt after his injury in the carriage accident at Pittsfield.
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1902-09-26
Secretary of State Hay is happy to hear that President Roosevelt was not seriously injured in the carriage accident.
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1902-09-03
Chancellor Day expresses disappointment with President Roosevelt for failing to be an “example of reverence” on the Sabbath. Last Sunday was the anniversary week of President McKinley’s assassination, and it followed President Roosevelt’s own near-death experience from an accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (September 3). These experiences called for greater reverence on the Sabbath than what the papers characterized as Roosevelt having a day of “sport and fun.”
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1902-09-12
Surgeon General Rixey is pleased to hear that President Roosevelt is recovering from the Pittsfield accident. He hopes that Roosevelt can join him on a turkey hunting trip.
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1902-09-11