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Will Rogers (009.00.00)

Will Rogers
Photograph of Will Rogers, 1930. Copyprint. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca-24365]

Will Rogers. Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1919. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0010]

Will Rogers. Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1919. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (010.00.01)
[Digital ID # bhp0010p1]

Will Rogers. Rogers-isms: The Cowboy Philosopher and the Peace Conference. Stillwater, Oklahoma: Oklahoma State University Press, 1975. General Collections, Library of Congress (010.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0010_01]

Needling Those in Power (011.00.00)

Needling Those in Power
Bob Hope. “Bob Hope Declares Open Season on Politicians and Everyone’s Fair Game.” TV Guide, October 22, 1960. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0011p1 – bhp0011p2]

Vaudeville's Tony Pastor (012.00.00)

Vaudeville's Tony Pastor
Tony Pastor’s Troupe at Ford’s Opera House. Playbill, April 10, 1876. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0012]

Comic Relief for President Lincoln (014.01.00)

Comic Relief for President Lincoln
David Ross Locke. Divers Views, Opinions, and Prophecies of Yoors Trooly Petroleum V. Nasby. Cincinnati: R. W. Carroll and Co., 1866. General Collections, Library of Congress (014.01.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0014_01]

“Mr. Dooley” and Theodore Roosevelt (013.00.00)

“Mr. Dooley” and Theodore Roosevelt
Finley Peter Dunne. Mr. Dooley’s Philosophy. New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. General Collections, Library of Congress (013.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0013]

Theodore Roosevelt to Finley Peter Dunne, November 28, 1899. Typescript. Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (195.00.00)
Digital ID# bhp0195]

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