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Image of the Day, November 23, 2011

By Donna Poulton

Happy Thanksgiving!

Credit: The Library of Congress

J.S. Pughe (1870-1909), A Thanksgiving Truce, Photomechanical Print, November 22, 1902

The image depicts Theodore Roosevelt sharing a toast with a bear and other guests, all of whom are animals. The bear proposes “(with deep feeling) – Here’s hoping that when next we meet, we see you first,” a reference to Roosevelt’s penchant for big game hunting. Teddy Jr. is wearing a buckskin and can be seen in the lower right sharing the  ‘kids’ table with a bear cub.

The photomechanical print was comprised of a series of finely printed dots to create the image of A Thanksgiving Truce for “Puck” magazine, America’s first magazine devoted to political satire, cartoons and humor.

Reader Comments (1)

Will we ever have personalities as big as Teddy's again?

December 5, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMicah C.

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