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A battle scene from the Battle of San Juan Hill depicting Theodore Roosevelt and troopers of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry advancing, on foot, up a small hill towards a fort.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
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Theodore Roosevelt, in Rough Rider uniform, sits atop a horse with a telegraph and reads a message. The cartoon is captioned, “Vice-Presidential Possibilities.”
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1900-02-01
Sheet music for “The Charge of the Roosevelt Rough Riders,” a patriotic march. The cover features an illustration of soldiers advancing in formation led by an officer on horseback.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1898
Leslie’s Weekly centerfold with full-page, black and white photograph of Colonel Roosevelt in his Rough Rider uniform.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1898
Political cartoon featuring Theodore Roosevelt wearing his Rough Rider uniform and riding a moose. President Taft, dressed in a ruffled nightcap and gown, is leaning out a window holding an American flag.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912-11-02
Round brass disk embossed with the image of a rider on a charging horse. Disk is hanging from an American eagle that has a safety pin attached to the reverse side.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1898
Image shows a large group of Rough Riders in uniform on horseback.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1898
Rough Riders are shown seated and standing around makeshift dinner table beneath tree; seventeen men, including a servant with horses and a fence in the background. Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood sit at the head of the table.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898
Theodore Roosevelt and others in front of San Jose Mission.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898
Round, cream colored celluloid campaign button with black and white portrait of Theodore Roosevelt in Rough Rider hat. The button was used as part of Roosevelt’s campaign for governor of New York. The reverse side is covered with paper and has printed “You Can’t/Stop Teddy’s Luck/The Rabbit’s Foot Charm.”
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1898
This memorandum book contains the signatures and home towns of forty Rough Riders. Obituary clippings have been added for several names.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt escorted the newly commissioned John Jacob Astor to see Senator Thomas Collier Platt, Secretary of the Interior Bliss, and President William McKinley. Roosevelt is doing the “exasperating work” of moving arms and equipment around the usual delays. It will be a few days before he can join Leonard Wood for military service with the 1st Volunteer Cavalry.
1898-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to different individuals on a range of topics including coordinating meetings, updates on his travel and his experience with the Rough Riders.
1898-09-13; 1898-09-18; 1895-11-12; 1896-01-26; 1898-09-23; 1898-09-13; 1898-09-19; 1898-09-22; 1898-09-23
Governor Roosevelt recommends Joseph Armistead Carr for the Marine Corps in this letter to Chase McCauley of the Marine Assistant Quartermaster’s office. Roosevelt also discusses the possible appointment of William Woodville Rockhill to government office. Roosevelt wishes to have Rockhill appointed as Librarian but is not certain it will work.
1899-03-09
Colonel Roosevelt writes to say goodbye to Anna Roosevelt Cowles and William Sheffield Cowles, as he will finish last-minute preparations and leave for Cuba shortly. He is frustrated at the details and delays but only because he is eager to see real action.
1898-05-12
Colonel Roosevelt describes operational mismanagement and the appalling conditions under which he and his men are fighting and surviving. Food and medicine are scarce and he is purchasing food for both wounded and able-bodied soldiers with his own money. Of the 600 men with whom he arrived, over 300 are dead or in hospital from disease or wounds. He is very proud of his regiment and thrilled with their accomplishments.
1898-07-19
Theodore Roosevelt, wearing his Rough Rider uniform, and with a “Nobel Prize” extending from one pocket and “The Big Stick” leaning against the wall, changes the title of a large painting of George Washington standing next to his horse so that it reads: “First [crossed out and replaced with] Second in War, First [crossed out and replaced with] Second in Peace, First [crossed out] in the hearts of his countrymen.” A book “Alone in Cuba” lies on the floor next to his feet.
At the dawn of President Roosevelt’s final months of the presidency — that is, after the midterm elections in his second term — Puck inexplicably felt its oats and started attacking the president, its erstwhile friend and ally in reform battles since 1901.
A campaign poster supporting Theodore Roosevelt for Governor and Timothy L. Woodruff for Lieutenant Governor of New York. Roosevelt is shown wearing his Rough Rider uniform.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898
Theodore Roosevelt on horseback carrying two guns, dressed as Rough Rider, in front of city hall.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood in uniforms of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, at Rough Riders’ campsite near San Antonio, Texas. Horses in background.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1898-05