LaFollette Is The Real Thing
date: label: date made
content: 1908-1912
label: date made
content: ca 1912
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: La Follette, Robert M.
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 1908-1912 in Washington, D.C. It depicts Robert M. LaFollette wearing a badge with a button reading "OK Supreme Court" above a prominent ribbon that reads "LaFollette is the real thing!" There are three beleaguered men slumped to the floor, one of whom appears to be William Howard Taft. It is stamped in blue ink with Berryman's number 30915 in the upper right corner and is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: used
content: Humor
label: used
content: Satire
label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1912
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1908
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.322733.012
label: catalog number
content: 322733.012
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: editorial cartoons
label: Object Type
content: Drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink stamp (overall material)
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: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/8 in x 14 3/8 in; 38.41826 cm x 36.51479 cm