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Political Cartoon by Jim Berryman, "Down by the Station"

71-807
Accession Number
71-807
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 348448137
Keywords
Political cartoons
Presidential campaign, 1948
Presidential candidates
Presidents
Railroads
HST Keywords
Cartoon - Berryman, Jim; Cartoon - General File - Washington Evening Star; Truman - Campaign - Presidential - 1948 - General - Cartoons; Berryman, Jim; Dewey, Thomas E. - Campaign 1948 - Cartoons
People Pictured
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Rights

Public Domain - This item is in the public domain and can be used freely without further permission.

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Credit:
Washington Evening Star

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman showing President Harry S. Truman and Governor Thomas E. Dewey on their respective campaign trains, riding through a desert. Truman's train is entitled the "Give 'Em Hell Special" and Dewey's is entitled the "Brotherly Love" special. In this photo, the cartoon is titled, "Down by the Station." When it was originally published in the Washington Evening Star, it carried the title "Out Where the Worst Begins."

Date(s)
September 22, 1948