Political cartoons

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman for the Washington Evening Star. Robert Taft, Thomas Dewey, and Herbert Hoover are depicted as playing with toy ships, soldiers, tanks, and airplanes.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman for the Washington Evening Star. President Harry S. Truman is standing beside a seated Postmaster General Robert Hannegan discussing the new positions available after the Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes resigns.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon, entitled, "Hammering Home a Campaign Promise," by Walt Kelly. President Harry S. Truman is hammering a nail, labeled "Taft-Hartley Repeal," into a board. The board is directly in front of a bench that Senator Robert Taft was sitting on. Taft is shown leaping up, saying, "Harry! How could you?"

This is a photograph of a New York Star political cartoon by Walt Kelly. President Harry S. Truman is pictured sitting at a table with a chess game laid out, with the table labeled "Berlin Chess Game." Sitting on top of the table, directly in front of Truman is Joseph Stalin, smoking a pipe. The text next to Stalin reads, "Whose Move?"

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by S. J. Ray. Outgoing Vice President Henry Wallace wishes incoming Vice President Harry S. Truman good luck as Truman replaces Wallace as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Vice-President.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman for the Washington Evening Star. President Harry S. Truman is depicted as a football player and telling Thomas Dewey, Robert Taft, Earl Warren, and Harold Stassen that one of them has to carry the ball, which is labeled "G.O.P. [Republican] Nomination '48". Created by Jim Berryman.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Paule Loring. It depicts a large bird holding a magnifying glass and questioning a rooster labeled "R. I. Red" [Rhode Island Red]. The text at the top reads, "Are you a Communist?"

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jon Kennedy for the Arkansas Democrat. It depicts President Harry S. Truman and a man labeled John Q. Public standing on one side of a scale that is labeled Democratic. On the other side of the scale, which is labeled Republican, are people labeled "x-perts," radio, press, and pollsters, standing with Thomas Dewey.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Paule Loring of the Providence, Rhode Island Bulletin. It depicts a man walking up a sidewalk, carrying two bags. He is coming out of a car labeled "J. Howard McGrath." One of the bags is labeled "continuation of war time price support." The mailbox is labeled "John Farmer, Des Moines."

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman, originally published in the Washington Evening Star on February 24, 1949. John Q. Public is presenting President Harry S. Truman with a degree of Doctor of Letters.