Will the brakes hold? / Berryman. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Will the brakes hold? / Berryman., a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Will the brakes hold? / Berryman.
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Berryman casts the 1920s tax debate as a joyride: the title asks whether the brakes will hold while the car speeds along, with Coolidge and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon as the figures in question. Mellon pushed for steep cuts in income tax rates, which Congress passed in 1924 and 1926, and critics worried the cuts would leave the government short of revenue. Berryman, a longtime Washington Star cartoonist, used the image of reckless driving to make that worry easy to grasp at a glance.
| Created / published | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons American 1920-1930.Drawings American 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Probably published in: Washington star. (DLC/PP-1945.R1.444) mm / 860129. BAR updated record 1989-1994. |
| Subjects | Coolidge, Calvin,--1872-1933. Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William),--1855-1937. Automobile driving--1920-1930. Taxes--United States--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,292 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168889 |
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