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This drawing depicts the basement tenements that once were among the worst sources of contagion and disease in New York. Riis' "The Battle With Slums" (1902) was one of the publications during the Progressive Era that reproduced this drawing.

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This illustration from the Community Service Society's Annual Report for 1884 suggests the primitive facilities for water supply available at that time to tenement house dwellers. It was reproduced in Riis' "The Battle With the Slums" under the title…

According to its source, this particular image of Roosevelt was thought to be taken at the White House in the summer of 1904. However, in actuality, it was taken in Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY in the fall of 1918, one year before his death.

This particular photograph of Roosevelt was thought to be taken when he was governor of New York, however, according to the Harvard University Library, it was taken when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

In drawing this cartoon, Homer Davenport most likely felt that Theodore Roosevelt's hard work in serving the United States as president earned him the right to be in the presence of Uncle Sam as well as to receive the latter's approval. The fact that…

This cartoon was meant to symbolize Theodore Roosevelt's return to office for a second term. Among the features of this cartoon are representations of trusts being under control and natives of Southeast Asia accompanying the victorious president; the…

This cartoon is a response to Theodore Roosevelt's dual ties with the Republican Party and the Progressive Party and how they affected his political image. It implies that he loved being a member of both parties so much that he was probably unsure…