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The “Cracker Jack Bears” No. 4

The “Cracker Jack Bears” No. 4

The Cracker Jack Bears visit the Statue of Liberty. A box of Cracker Jacks balances on top of Lady Liberty’s torch. One bear stands on the statue’s raised arm while the other, holding a can of red paint, sits on a book painted with the words “Cracker Jack” painted in red that the statue holds in her other arm.

Collection

Fritz R. Gordner Collection

Creation Date

1907-1914

The kidnappers

The kidnappers

At center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnaps the “G.O.P.” elephant (this figure can be rotated 180° to show Roosevelt being kidnapped by the “G.O.P.”). Around this image are vignette scenes showing, on the left, Edward “Carson” kidnapping Ulster from “Home Rule Ireland,” a man with a movie camera who has lassoed theater-goers at the entrance to a theater labeled “Drama,” and a man wearing suit and top hat labeled “Prohibition” kidnapping the Statue of Liberty; and on the right, a British suffragist carrying a policeman labeled “The Law,” a newspaper labeled “The Calamity Howl” howling as sheaves of wheat labeled “Bumper Crop” carry off an infant labeled “Business,” and a woman labeled “Dame Fashion” kidnapping a corset.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-08-08

Extract from Lord Grey’s speech

Extract from Lord Grey’s speech

Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada, speaks to the Women’s Canadian Club about raising the funds to erect a “colossal statue of the Angel of Welcome and Peace” on the Plains of Abraham to welcome emigrants to Canada. This should be done to celebrate the tricentennial of the founding of Quebec. Describing Canada’s history, Grey compares the United States’ dedication to erecting patriotic monuments and preserving its past to the lack of enthusiasm in doing the same in Canada.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-28