Van Wyck, Robert Anderson, 1849-1918

William Stephen Devery and a saloon known as “the pump” have returned to the Democratic party with fanfare. Although the article points out that Devery had previously been removed from the Democratic party, his return has been greeted warmly by high-ranking party officials including Thomas Taggart and Norman Edward Mack. Other articles on this page include commentary on vice presidential candidate Henry Gassaway Davis’s age, the delay in the opening of the subway system, and the inspection of the boat, the Grand Republic.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-03

Creator(s)

Unknown

Tammany Hall boss Richard Croker, as a pirate, nails a new figurehead labeled “McClellan” to the bow of a ship labeled “Tammany.” The old figurehead labeled “Van Wyck” lies on the ground.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-10-28

New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck is drowning in a sea of ice blocks labeled “Ice Trust.” Richard Croker, holding a life preserver labeled “Tammany Machine Power,” is swimming toward him. Caption: Help me, Cassius, or I sink!

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-06-27

Theodore Roosevelt denies that Mayor Van Wyck of New York asked the Rough Riders to parade and says that Van Wyck did not review the regiment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt believes that the best thing to do is remain quiet about any controversy regarding campaign funds. He tells Wayne MacVeagh that he has never accepted funds if he knows that the donor expects favors in return. However, he believes that there is no good way of deciding whether to return contributions, or which ones to return. He also expresses concern about the current state of Federal supervision of insurance companies but does not see a way out of it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Julius Chambers asks Theodore Roosevelt if then-Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck asked the Rough Riders to parade in New York City or if he reviewed the regiment. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-24

Creator(s)

Chambers, Julius, 1850-1920

Songbook supporting the Republican presidential campaign of 1900.

Collection

Dr. Danny O. Crew Theodore Roosevelt Sheet Music Collection

Creation Date

1900

Creator(s)

Tutewiler, Harry D., 1869-1945

New York gives Admiral Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, a lavish welcome September 27-30, 1899, and one of the highlights of that welcome is the land parade of September 30. Cheering crowds waving flags line the street as a battalion of sailors from the cruiser Olympia, Dewey’s flagship, march by. Included in battalion are a color guard carrying the American flag and what is probably the battalion flag, men pulling a piece of artillery, and medical personnel. After the marching sailors, a long line of carriages follow. In the first carriage, drawn by four horses, ride Admiral Dewey and Robert A. Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (1898-1902). Additional carriages containing dignitaries and naval officers follow. At ca. 53 ft. a carriage appears in which a hatless naval officer, who is probably Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, Commander of the North Atlantic Squadron, rides; the man wearing a top hat on the far side of the carriage is probably Thomas F. Woods, President of the Board of Aldermen of New York City.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1899-09-30

Creator(s)

Unknown

Richard Croker sits at a table, sharpening a large knife. On the table is a large turkey labeled “Patronage of Greater N.Y.” on a platter. A small dog labeled “Platt,” sitting on a hassock next to the table, is begging for scraps. A portrait of Mayor Van Wyck hangs on the wall behind Croker.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1897-11-24

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck is a judge and Richard Croker is a policeman, holding a club labeled “Tammany,” bringing a man labeled “Reform” before the judge in a courtroom.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-02-23

Creator(s)

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905

Richard Croker is pictured as a radiant sun at the center of New York’s “Solar System” with such figures labeled “Pawnbroker, Brewer, Laborer, Hayseed, Fireman, Gambler, Liquor Dealer, Contractor, Soubrette, [and] Heeler,” among others, and people identified as “D. Hill, Belmont, Gould, Murphy, W. Reid, T. Platt, J.J. Astor, [and] Van Wyck” revolving around him.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-03-30

Creator(s)

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956

Draft of letter from Governor Roosevelt to the Mayor of New York City, Robert Anderson Van Wyck, regarding alleged election improprieties of Police Chief William Stephen Devery.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1900-11-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919