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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt warns William Loeb that the lady in question will push her way in if possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-07
President Cleveland pulls on a rope labeled, “Cleveland’s letter to Citizens of Chicago,” and rings a bell labeled “Sound Money Alarm” to warn them that dark smoke labeled “Free Silver Coinage” from a raging fire is bearing down upon them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-05-08
A mule and the wreckage of a wagon appear by the side of railroad tracks and an old man labeled “Silverite” hangs from a sign that states, “Danger! Look Out for Sound Money Locomotive.” A train rumbles off into the background with the caboose labeled “Sound Money Sentiment.” Caption: A pictorial prophecy for election day, November 3rd, 1896.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-07-15
George F. Hoar is a modern-day Cassandra prophesying doom, which evokes the laughter of President William McKinley, William R. Day, William T. Sampson, and Wesley Merritt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-02-08
John Kelly, dressed as a woman, threatens New York City Mayor Franklin Edson with a stick labeled “N.Y. Board of Aldermen” and points toward jars on a shelf, containing former Mayors Edward Cooper and William R. Grace. Kelly has another stick labeled “N.Y. Legislature” tied behind his back. Caption: New York’s Mistress – “Want a new charter, do you? Take care, or I’ll put you up there with the others!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-02-21
Print shows Admiral George Dewey sitting on a chair amid newspaper headlines proclaiming “Dewey is the Man,” “Daily Press. Dewey for President,” and “For President George Dewey suggested by Yellow Journals.” The spirit of General Winfield Scott Hancock, with left arm raised in warning, is standing on the left.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-10-25
President Taft, as a railroad brakeman, stands atop a freight car labeled “Administration Route.” He is waving to a woman labeled “Reactionary Politics” driving an automobile. The train is headed for a tunnel labeled “Revolt of the West.” Above the train is a bar labeled “Insurgent Movement” from which strips of rope are hanging, labeled “Burkett, Beveridge, Brown, Nelson, Clapp, Cummins, Dolliver, Bristow, [and] La Follette,” an insurgent group of senators who broke with Taft’s policies. Includes note: “A telltale is a bar to which strips of leather or rope are attached to warn brakemen on freight trains when they are approaching a bridge or a tunnel.” Caption: But there is still time to duck.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-11-17
A large man labeled “Monopoly,” standing behind a panel and reaching around with his right arm, holds a diminutive figure labeled “Aldrich.” Aldrich is pointing to an image labeled, “What will happen if the Tariff [crossed-out] Currency [added] Bill is passed,” that has been projected onto the panel and shows a lean wolf prowling among the ruins of industrial buildings, banks, and homes. Uncle Sam, sitting in the foreground, his attention drawn by Aldrich, ponders the image. Caption: The Man Behind – He fell for it for twenty years on the tariff; maybe we can work it on the currency.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-11-05
William A. Wadsworth is concerned that some of Theodore Roosevelt’s New York supporters “were acting square.” He advises lying low with the promise that he will let Roosevelt know if he finds out anything.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-22
William Wadsworth warns Theodore Roosevelt to keep an eye on political friends in New York, warning that they are depicting Roosevelt as not representing the Conservative party in the business community due to his regulation of trusts. He advises Roosevelt to lay low.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-10