Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 1858-1919
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| Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 |
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Theodore Roosevelt signed military commission, promoting Leven C. Allen to the rank of Colonel of the Infantry, Dated the 19th Day of April, 1906. Countersigned by the then Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, the man who would succeed Roosevelt in the White House. Trivia: Teddy Roosevelt was our youngest President, taking office upon the assasination of President William F. McKinley in September 1901 when he was only 42 years of age. President John F. Kennedy was our youngest elected president, taking office on January 20th, 1961 at the age of 43.
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| Rough Rider July, 1898 |
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Teddy Roosevelt signed photo to Thomas W. Lawson, a wealthy contributor, dated the 22cd of March, 1909....18 days after leaving the Presidency...and the night before he left on his African Safari.
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| Painting of Roosevelt's Lion Kill |
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Late 1890's Ngbandi spear, collected by Teddy & Kermit Roosevelt on their 1909 safari across Africa. Their safari began in Mombasa in April 1909, and along with 250 porters and guides, they trekked across British East Africa, the Belgian Congo (where they acquired this spear after a Lion hunt)...and then back across the Nile...ending in Khartoum.
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William Barclay "Bat" Masterson 1853-1921
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| Bat Masterson & Wyatt Earp 1876 |
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Glass eye lost in a game of five card stud to Bat Masterson on board President Teddy Roosevelt's private rail car in early November 1902. The unlucky card player from Chicago was plucked from the passenger car on route to the Mississippi Delta. It was on this trip that several days later Teddy Roosevelt would refuse to shoot an old and wounded bear, thus giving rise to "Teddy's Bear" depicted later that month in a political cartoon published in the Washington Star.
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| Harry Houdini 1874-1926 |
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A pair of Harry Houdini's "Magic" Handcuffs that were given to Teddy Roosevelt's Grandson, Teddy III in early March 1925. Eleven years earlier, in June 1914, Harry & Bess Houdini were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on board the S.S. Imperator when they were introduced to fellow passenger, former President Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy was so impressed with Houdini that he stayed in touch with him until his death in 1919. Several years later, Harry was invited by the late President's family to meet his grandchildren. Harry put on quite a show that afternoon, dazzling the children with his ability to fool the eye, including a fake seance and escaping from a pair of handcuffs that he would later give to young Teddy III. Harry Houdini would die 19 months later on October, 31, 1926 "Halloween"
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| Houdini with Teddy's grandchildren, March 1925 |
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930
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| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hand-written and signed telegram from his home in Hindhead, Haslemere, England, dated January 22, 1902. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was indeed a citizen of the world. He was both a dinner companion of Teddy Roosevelt and friends with Harry Houdini and Samuel Clemens.
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| Sherlock Holmes |
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Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) 1835-1910
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| Mark Twain...Samuel Clemens |
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| Edith Roosevelt 1861-1948 |
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Edith Carow Roosevelt's hand-written letter to a friend from Sagamore Hill, the Roosevelt's country estate, Dated Oct 21st, 1940. Edith was Teddy Roosevelt's second wife. His first wife, Alice, died of Bright's disease on the same day that his mother passed away, St. Valentine's day, 1884.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks 1852-1918
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| Charles W. Fairbanks 1905-1909 |
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Charles Warren Fairbanks, Vice President 1905-1909, typed letter to the Governor of Indiana thanking him for forwarding a letter from a mutual friend, Major Kenworthy, Dated the 20th of July, 1907. Charles Fairbanks was Teddy Roosevelt's only vice President. Roosevelt served his first term without a Vice President due to his becoming President upon the assassination of William McKinley in 1901
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William Howard Taft 1857-1930
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| William Howard Taft 1909-1913 |
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William Howard Taft signed photo with a group of his friends on the back steps of the White House (unfortunately, he was no longer President; he left office in March of 1913, due mainly to Teddy Roosevelt running against him as a third party candidate on the Bullmoose Ticket). Between Taft & Roosevelt they would split the Republican vote and allow the democrat, Woodrow Wilson to "sneak" into the Presidency. Taft would go on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1921-1930.
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| Taft & Sherman 1909 |
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William Howard Taft hand-signed letter acknowledging Mr. Thoedore Brake's dissatisfaction with the appointment of Alexander L. Smith to the Federal Bench. Dated April 2cd, 1910. (Mr. Brake was a major Republican contributor in Ohio). Needless to say, Mr. Smith didn't get the appointment!
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President William Howard Taft signed photo to a major political contributor, H. Clifford Gallagher of Massachusetts, Dated the 4th day of June, 1912
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