A cartoon portrays Uncle Sam serving as referee and instructing a stylized Theodore Roosevelt to step away and allow a stylized Taft to take bat in a baseball game. Text beside Uncle Sam reads "Back up; you've batted twice".
Back Up; You've Batted Twice Card
Shopmaker, Helen S. (collector)
1916
other
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)Political campaignsPresidential candidatesTaft, William H. (1857-1930)Roosevelt, Theodore H. (1858-1919)ElectionsPolitical postcards
1910-1919
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