Labor Day
date: label: date made
content: ca 1904
name: label: maker
content: Berryman, Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: This object is an original pen and ink political cartoon hand drawn on white paper by Clifford Berryman circa 1904 in Washington, D.C. It depicts George B. Cortelyou (Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1904, formerly appointed Secretary of Commerce and Labor in 1903) and Thomas Taggart (Chairman of the Democratic National Committee) running in a field, with a bee named Labor Vote, and a rhyming message "How does the little Labor Bee Employ each shining Minute? Dodging the Campaign Managers Because there's Nothing in it!" The drawing is signed “Berryman” in the lower right area of the illustration.
label: Description
content: The bee was a device used by Berryman to indicate “buzz” surrounding politics of the moment and would sometimes show the bee buzzing in a candidate’s ear.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: used
content: Humor
label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: referenced
content: Labor Day
label: general subject association
content: labor issues
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1904
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.322733.011
label: catalog number
content: 322733.011
label: accession number
content: 322733
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cartoon
label: Object Name
content: political cartoon
label: Object Type
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: cartoons
label: Object Type
content: editorial cartoons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hand drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/8 in x 15 in; 39.05479 cm x 38.1 cm