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President Roosevelt watches as men representing the coal miners and operators walk out opposite doors. Uncle Sam stands behind Roosevelt. The cartoon is regarding the presidential conference on the coal strike.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-04
President Roosevelt holds one end of a wish bone labeled “The Trust Issue.” Holding the other end is a figure labeled “The Trust” standing on a stool labeled “Monopoly.” In the background is the Republican elephant and a hanging picture of Uncle Sam. This is a cartoon representation of President Roosevelt’s anti-trust stance against wealthy corporations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
Cartoon depicts a large dancing coal pail as Uncle Sam tosses his hat next to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-16
Cartoon depicts President Roosevelt in Roman dress wrangling two horses representing the coal miners and operators, as Uncle Sam tosses a wreath of laurels his way. A note at the bottom says the sender of the cartoon did not want Roosevelt to miss seeing it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
A man sits writing a treaty as various countries look over a fence at what he is doing; Uncle Sam sneaks around the corner of the fence. Caption: The Shot in Reply.
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1902-10-30
Cartoon shows Uncle Sam looking at a smoking cannonball as President Estrada Palma looks on benevolently from Cuba. Translation: “The episode is sparkling: raised on the fence above, are many eyes and ears expectant. Uncle Sam grows impatient but good Estrada Palma tells him: Sonny, be calm: let me count and recount.”
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1902-10-31
Cartoon shows Uncle Sam having a drink from a bottle marked Reciprocity with a Cuban grocer. Translation: “The Drunkard thinks one way, the Grocer another.”
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1902-10-28
President Roosevelt is reading a headline that proclaims the Philippine War is over, while Uncle Sam stands over a still smoking bomb labeled “Escape of Landrone Chiefs.”
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1902-07-23
Uncle Sam helps President Roosevelt split a log labeled with various monopolies and trusts. Roosevelt’s mallet is labeled the “Attorney General” and his wedge “The Law.”
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1902-08-07
Uncle Sam grins and looks sideways at a small General Nelson Appleton Miles standing on top of several rock slabs. Cartoon is regarding the conflict between Miles and President Roosevelt over United States policy in the Philippines.
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1902-04-01
Cartoon shows President Roosevelt with a paint brush and his finished work of art: Uncle Sam plowing a field with two horses and a plow. The horses are labeled “Combination of Capital” and “Labor Combine.” Uncle Sam is holding reins titled “Regulation by Law.” Cartoon is regarding government regulation of industry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-10
A man fishes in “Dr. Christmas’s garbage barrel,” which emits “scandal” odors. Uncle Sam looks on and holds his nose.
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1902-04-10
At the upper left, labeled “1898,” Uncle Sam rolls up his sleeves, looking across the water threateningly at General Valeria` Weyler and his “Reconcentrado” camps in Cuba. At the lower right, labeled “1902,” Weyler, startled, looks across the water from Spain to the Philippines, where a sign has been posted, “Samar Div. All inhabitants (male and female) over 10 years of age must be exterminated. Smith. U.S.A.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-02
Uncle Sam questions President Roosevelt’s statements on the beef monopoly versus oleomargarine.
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1902-04-30
Uncle Sam carries a giant scroll representing President Roosevelt’s message to Congress regarding commercial relief for Cuba. Men representing the “beet sugar” industry and “anti-reciprocity senators” are knocked out of the way as Uncle Sam marches on.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-14
President Roosevelt stands and listens outside a door marked Congress with a giant hammer labeled “Cuban Question.” Uncle Sam stands behind him holding a giant scroll marked “Ship Canal” and “National Enterprise.”
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1902-06-15
Uncle Sam reaches into the pocket of a thin “American farmer,” who is tied to a tree, and hands the coins found there to a plump “Cuban planter.” Caption: Uncle Sam will never do this.
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1902-02-19
Heinrich, Prince of Prussia smokes a pipe as he plants a “friendship Linden grown in Germany.” Uncle Sam looks on and watches. There is a “U.S.” watering can nearby while the U.S. Capitol is in the background.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03
Uncle Sam and “Germany” link arms to form a pretzel shape while John Bull, symbolizing the United Kingdom, watches sadly from behind.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03
Uncle Sam sits with a representative of Portugal and reads letters from their respective leaders about their travels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-06