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Gregory O. Smith recounts his interaction with one of Representative James A. Tawney’s sons at the St. Louis Exhibition in 1904. Smith learned that Tawney was given “the wheel chair privilege” because he gave a larger donation to the fair than expected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-09
Cartoon shows Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada placing a bomb “Proposicion Hay-Quesada” (Hay-Quesada proposal) under the wheelchair “Libertad” (Liberty) of a woman representing Cuba.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
President Roosevelt greets a bandaged “Congress” sitting in a wheelchair and holding a sign that reads, “Resolved, that you never touched me! Congress.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-09
Dr. Shaffer is sending President Roosevelt a special chair that will allow “easy transportation up or down stairs” via “two steady pairs of hands.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-02