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TR Lampooned - Editorial Cartoon "T Roosevelt: Designer of Coins and Other Things." Feb. 24, 1907

I know Teddy's coinage ideas were controversial, --but a stork?

[Description-- Copied From TR’s Papers]
President Roosevelt holds a paintbrush and a palette in front of an easel with a coin design that reads, "Theodoeus Rex Imperator." On the wall are several other designs: "Veni vidi vici Ted"; "The new national bird," which features a stork; "Our official beast," which features a mouse eating cheese, and a mounted man on a horse that says, "Kosciuszko." A sign reads, "T, Roosevelt: Designer of Coins and Other Things."

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  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2024 7:44PM

    The top of page 1 of the 2-24-1907 Washington Post, Sunday newspaper states it is 136 pages in length (most likely with far less advertisements then compared to a Sunday newspaper of today).

    I suspect that if one had a copy of that Sunday newspaper many of the published articles would have similar content to articles published today in 2024 (crime, politics, pop culture, sports, etc).

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool image!

    At the time in the US the eugenics movement had quite a bit of steam and there was also a medal designed by Laura Garden Fraser for Better Babies sponsored by Women's Home Companion. An image of the medal is below and I took the image from the below link-

    http://beta.medallicartcollector.com/medal/better-babies?scrollTop=0

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

    image
  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2024 10:27PM

    @TomB said:
    Cool image!

    At the time in the US the eugenics movement had quite a bit of steam and there was also a medal designed by Laura Garden Fraser for Better Babies sponsored by Women's Home Companion. ...

    According to the source below, in the 1900s-1910s at the time of Fraser's 1913 medal,
    the Better Babies Bureau and contests were about infant mortality and hygenics.

    It was not until later, in the 1920s-30s that it evolved into "Fitter Families" which became about eugenics (selective breeding).
    https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/coinview.aspx?sc=470644

  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Kosciusko statue was dedicated in 1904. Likely TR had some involvement.

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