Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Michael D. Collins
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Michael D. Collins for sending him an amusing picture.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-26
Your TR Source
Wit and humor, Pictorial
The new spelling
Postcard poking fun at President Roosevelt’s enthusiasm for simplified spelling. Cartoon image of Roosevelt meeting with “Fatigued Ferdinand” on a hiking trail. A humorous conversation between the two takes place in simplified spelling with Ferdinand asking Roosevelt for a job. “Helena” is written in pencil on the reverse of the postcard. It is unclear whether this refers to a name or part of an address.
Collection
Creation Date
1906-1907