What's the matter with that one, Bob? / Berryman. – Vintage Wall Art
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A window into the past: What's the matter with that one, Bob? / Berryman., preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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What's the matter with that one, Bob? / Berryman.
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Doughton, the North Carolina congressman who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee, is the figure the title asks about, and the cartoon's target is the national sales tax debate of 1943. Wartime spending pushed Washington to look for new revenue, and a sales tax was among the proposals. Clifford K. Berryman, the longtime Washington cartoonist, often used animal figures and everyday objects like the lemons here to make a policy fight easy to read at a glance. The cartoon turns a tax committee question into a quick, pointed joke about who was blocking the measure and why.
| Created / published | 1943 Oct. 7. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons American 1940-1950.Drawings American 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | Doughton, Robert Lee,--1863-1954. Sales taxes--United States--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Lemons--1940-1950. Bears--1940-1950. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,343 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168896 |
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