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Pen drawing of a man labelled Bruce in a rain hat and raincoat holding an umbrella blown inside out and standing in puddles, beside a bulletin about prohibition in the 1928 campaign.
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Clifford Berryman cartoon on Senator William Bruce and a "wet" Maryland (3 April 1928)

An untitled Berryman drawing of 3 April 1928: Senator William Bruce of Maryland in rain gear under a bulletin that Democratic leaders say Prohibition will not be a question in the 1928 campaign.

Date
1928-04-03
Kind
photograph
Source
National Archives Catalog, Records of the U.S. Senate (RG 46), Berryman Political Cartoon Collection
Retrieved
2026-10-12
NAID
6011949
Rights
A drawing by Clifford K. Berryman in the Records of the U.S. Senate (Record Group 46), series "Berryman Political Cartoon Collection" (NAID 306080), whose use note reads: "Some records in this series may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine the copyright holder and arrange for permission to reproduce the items, if necessary." The item record reads "Use Restriction: Unrestricted." Berryman was a newspaper cartoonist, not a federal employee, so 17 U.S.C. § 105 is not the basis. The catalog dates the drawing 3 April 1928. A work published in the United States in 1930 or earlier is in the public domain there, and an unpublished work by an author who died in 1949, as Berryman did, passed out of copyright at the end of 2019; on either footing, and on the item-level "Unrestricted" mark, a copy is stored here.

The catalog lists this drawing as untitled, local identifier I-048, dated 3 April 1928. A man labelled “BRUCE,” in a rain hat and raincoat, stands in puddles holding an umbrella blown inside out and says, “IT MAY BE A DRY CAMPAIGN IN SOME PLACES BUT IT’S GOING TO BE AWFUL WET IN MY MARYLAND.” A bulletin beside him reads “MANY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS CLAIM IT WONT BE A QUESTION OF PROHIBITION IN THIS 1928 CAMPAIGN.”

The National Archives note identifies the figure as Senator William Bruce of Maryland and says he disputed the claim that prohibition would not be an issue in the 1928 presidential campaign, and that many Maryland residents favored an end to prohibition. The identification and the reading are the note’s.

The drawing is an editorial cartoon about the politics of Prohibition, not a record of enforcement.

itemClifford Berryman cartoon on Capone and Judge James Wilkerson (4 May 1932)An untitled Clifford Berryman drawing of 4 May 1932 in the Senate's Berryman collection at the National Archives. NARA's note ties it to Capone's departure for the Atlanta penitentiary and Judge James Wilkerson's pending Seventh Circuit nomination.