The President in Panama – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of The President in Panama. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The President in Panama
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Theodore Roosevelt's trip to the Isthmus of Panama in November 1906 is the event this cartoon turns on, and it made him the first sitting president to leave the United States. Editorial cartoons of the period, probably including this one in the *Washington Post*, used caricature and a few pointed symbols to comment on the news of the day. The Panama Canal was then under construction by the United States, which had taken over the effort from the French, and it drew wide public attention. Roosevelt's personal stake in the project made him a natural subject for this kind of commentary.
| Created / published | [1906] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) American.Drawings. |
| Notes | (DLC/PP-1945:R1.508) Probably published in: Washington post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860129. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,321 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112140 |
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