Berryman Cartoon
date: label: date made
content: ca 1903-1912
label: date made
content: 1903-1912
label: date made
content: 1903 - 1912
label: date made
content: 1903 - 1910
label: date made
content: circa 1906
label: date made
content: 1906-04
label: associated date
content: 1906-04-18
name: label: associated person
content: Roosevelt, Theodore
label: associated person
content: Berryman, Clifford
label: associated institution
content: American Red Cross
label: maker
content: Berryman, Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: The object is a political cartoon hand-drawn in ink and watercolor on white paper by Clifford Berryman in Washington, D.C. possibly circa April or May 1906. It depicts a teddy bear wearing a white pinafore with a cross on the upper portion, and carrying a flag with the cross painted in red watercolor. Hand-drawn and hand-colored by Clifford Berryman and signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
label: Description
content: Berryman often used the teddy bear to show sympathy or understanding with Theodore Roosevelt. On April 18, 1906, President Roosevelt called upon the American Red Cross to lead a relief effort to aid San Francisco following the earthquake and resulting fire which remain to this day one of the worst natural disasters with loss of life in the nation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: associated place
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: general subject association
content: Health Care
label: depicted
content: Bears
label: Subject
content: Earthquakes
label: related event
content: San Francisco Earthquake
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0159.29
label: accession number
content: 2001.0159
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0159.29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Object Name
content: editorial cartoon
label: Object Name
content: political cartoon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hand-drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: hand-colored (overall production method/technique)