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426 ● Group of colorful period cartoons about Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912
campaign. 3 ink and watercolor drawings, each 73/4 x 51/4 inches, taped on verso to an
archival mat. [Kansas, circa May 1912?] [200/300]
Each of these cartoons is addressed “To Kirk from his friend in Kansas,” and two are initialed
H.C.J. They appear to satirize the controversial Republican nomination process of 1912, in
which challenger Roosevelt won a series of stirring primary victories in Ohio, New Jersey and
elsewhere, but was out-maneuvered by President Taft at the convention in Chicago.
427 ● Group of framed period prints depicting Roosevelt. 12 items, various sizes
and conditions; not examined outside of frames. Vp, 1902-36 and nd [500/750]
Bernhardt Wall, second-state proof etching titled “Col. Roosevelt at San Diego, 1915.”
Signed by Wall, inscribed and dated 1936 * Lithographed calendar from Independent Order of
Foresters, 1902 * Knitted fabric with Roosevelt portrait pattern, nd * Dillon, “Fighting for
Right—The Noblest of Sports!”, nd * Untitled silk-screen portrait, 20 x 6 inches * A pair of
prints satirizing Roosevelt’s description of birth control as “race suicide,” framed together, 1907
* A Norwegian tobacco advertisement for “Tiedemanns Teddy,” nd * “Theodore Roosevelt,”
engraved by Sidney L. Smith. Framed with a tag reading “Theodore Roosevelt Occupied This
Room on September 1, 1902”; he spoke in Rutland, VT that day. Boston: Charles E.
Goodspeed, 1905 * Portrait on silk titled “Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition,” framed
with 3 related silk engravings * Large untitled chromolithograph portrait of Roosevelt with wife
and 6 children. Pach Bros., 1903 * Engraving of Roosevelt with Washington, Lincoln,
Wilson, and other leaders, nd * Election ballot, with illustration of Roosevelt heading the
Progressive Party ticket. Wrapped, not framed. West Virginia, 1912.
428 ● Group of invitations, tickets, programs, and related Theodore Roosevelt
ephemera. 66 items, sleeved in a loose-leaf binder; various sizes and conditions.
Vp, 1899-1949, bulk 1899-1910 [500/750]
Highlights include: Illustrated large-format ticket to 1901 inauguration * Illustrated ticket to
the 1904 Republican National Convention * Tickets to the 1905 inauguration * Tickets to
campaign lectures by and about Roosevelt * Invitations to meetings with Roosevelt * Printed
announcement and invitation to the wedding of daughter Alice to Nicholas Longworth, 1906
* and much more.
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