George Washington's Birthday -- 1778 and 1942 CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.),...

CALL NUMBER:CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 224 (A size) <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-20766 (b&w film copy neg.)

SUMMARY:World War II cartoon shows a two-part picture. At the top, George Washington is shown with one of his soldiers standing in the snow at Valley Forge by a small fire. At the bottom is a banquet table laden with food and plates with signs reading "Paid $100." A fund raising solicitation reads "George Washington Committee for the District of Columbia. We are enclosing pledge card. Upon receipt of your contribution of $100, or more, or an initial contribution of $50 we shall invite you to be present to celebrate the termination of our drive for funds for the Democratic National Committee and the birthday of our First President. You are urgently requested to respond promptly to this appeal -- or else!" Berryman contrasts unfavorably the way Washington celebrated his birthday at Valley Forge in 1778 with what he considers to be the excesses, in time of war, of the Democrats in using the anniversary of his birthday in 1942 for a fundraising banquet.

MEDIUM:1 drawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:1942 Feb. 23.

CREATOR:

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist.

NOTES:

Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.).

(DLC/PP-1945:R2.217)

mm / 860115; / ljr 020314.

SUBJECTS:

Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Democratic National Committee (U.S.)--1940-1950.
Political campaign funds--United States--1940-1950.
Banquets--1940-1950.
Washington''s Birthday--1940-1950.
Then and now comparisons--1940-1950.

FORMAT:

Editorial cartoons American.
Drawings.

PART OF:Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a21957
(digital file from intermediary roll film copy) acd 2a05929

CONTROL #:acd1996000542/PP

Pop Art Machine Code: acd-2a05000-2a05900-2a05929


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