Helping the Little Fellow Along
date: label: date made
content: circa 1900
label: Associated Date
content: 1898
name: label: maker
content: Berryman, Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: The object is a political cartoon hand-drawn on white paper by Clifford Berryman in Washington, D.C. circa 1900. The drawing depicts a large Uncle Sam walking ahead of a small man wearing a hat labeled "Porto Rico;" the man carries a large, heavy barrel that reads US Tax On Porto Rico." The title "Helping the Little Fellow Along" is inscribed in pencil along the upper edge. The drawing is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
label: Description
content: This drawing illustrates the impact of U.S. colonialism on Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the Spanish American War of 1898, when Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: referenced
content: Puerto Rico
topic: label: depicted
content: Uncle Sam
label: depicted
content: Political Caricatures
label: referenced
content: Taxes
label: related event
content: Spanish-American War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miss Florence S Berryman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.322733.029
label: catalog number
content: 322733.029
label: accession number
content: 322733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cartoon
label: Object Name
content: political cartoon
label: Object Type
content: cartoons
label: Object Type
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: editorial cartoons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hand-drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 7/8 in x 10 in; 37.78306 cm x 25.4 cm