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President Roosevelt sits beside a woman labeled, “Democracy,” and looks at her adoringly. Caption: “Do you know, Theodore, we’re getting better acquainted every day!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-19
Photograph of the women’s pit toilet with the stall door open at Halliday Well in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-10-21
Photograph of a Squaw Creek pit toilet in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1967-11
The Laurel Ledger prints an article discussing Senator Tillman’s criticism of the removal of Laura A. Hull Morris from the White House. The article speaks highly of President Roosevelt and also describes where a “woman’s place” should be, claiming that if Morris had been in her place “attending to her duties at home” rather than “trying to influence the government in her hen-pecked husband’s behalf,” there would not have been an incident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-20
Chief Sylvester encloses a list and description of arrests from February 1903 to December 1905 that involved women with questionable mental states.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-19
A court jester entertains a young woman wearing a crown on her head, sitting on a large stone bench.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-04-11
Vignettes lightheartedly depict Irish domestic servants being pampered and coddled by their employers in efforts to keep them happy and happily employed, chiefly, by taking their minds off their domestic duties by providing pleasant distractions.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-01-17
Santa Claus kisses a young woman on the cheek, framed by a holly wreath.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-12-06
A domestic servant carries a large platter with a roast turkey raised above her shoulders to keep it away from a dog anxious for a taste.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-11-22
A beautiful young woman emerges from a church on Easter. A cluster of well-dressed men, all eager for her hand, are waiting. Two of the men turn away a devil figure dressed in red. Caption: Who hath not owned, with rapture smitten frame, / The power of grace.–Campbell.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-19
A large crowd of men and women, all wearing formal evening clothes, and the women draped with stunningly sparkling jewels, are at a ball given by “Mrs. Gaster.” Caption: Central office at Mrs. Gaster’s Ball.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-22
A fashionably dressed young woman is being escorted by a rabbit and a young child dressed in a red suit. The woman looks back over her shoulder at three unhappy monks standing outside a stone church or monastery.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-19
During an intermission or after a “Comic Opera at Mrs. Van Varick-Shadd’s,” a large crowd of men and women wearing formal evening clothes look with chagrin at three women wearing short red dresses, who have secured the attentions of several young men. A painted scene in the background shows nude women cavorting at the seaside.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-04-26
At center, Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, welcomes Santa Claus to the underground of New York City. The surrounding vignettes show Santa distributing Christmas presents and planning for next year. The “Angel of Peace” is hoping for an end to the hostilities between Japan and Russia.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-12-21
A fashionably-dressed young woman ice skates on a pond in a park. She is being admired by several men and boys standing on the left, while on the right four women, a golfer, an automobile driver, a party-goer, and a hunter, trudge through the snow to await the arrival of summer. Old Man Winter blows a frigid blast over the scene from the top.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-12-14
Santa Claus reviews his list, his bag of gifts next to him, while sitting in an automobile that is being driven by two women standing on the back, dressed like chauffeurs.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-12-07
A young woman with a shotgun over her left shoulder carries a dead turkey.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-11-23
At center, fashionably dressed women admire a statue of a horse. Surrounding vignettes show women’s fashions, contrasting an automobile to a horse, the latest in horse fashions, and a horse-owner’s nightmare about failing to win a ribbon. Caption: Fashion’s shrine – horse show week.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-11-16
A fashionably dressed young woman sits on the edge of a pool, fishing.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-08-17
An elderly woman labeled “Tariff Revision” angrily shakes her umbrella after being left standing on the railroad station platform as the “Republican Special” departs in a cloud of dust. Two men standing on the back of the last car are laughing at her.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1904-07-06