Record
Photograph
1932-06-07
National Archives Catalog, Records of the U.S. Senate (RG 46), Berryman Political Cartoon Collection
Clifford Berryman cartoon, "Postmaster General Brown's Prize Package" (7 June 1932)
A Berryman drawing of 7 June 1932: the Postmaster General carries the Republican Prohibition plank toward the Chicago convention while "Miss Democracy" looks on. No copy is stored.
- Date
- 1932-06-07
- Kind
- photograph
- Source
- National Archives Catalog, Records of the U.S. Senate (RG 46), Berryman Political Cartoon Collection
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 6012118
- 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, and a drawing published after 1930 may still be under a renewed copyright. As with the 1932 Capone drawing filed here, no copy is stored; the National Archives serves the drawing at the cited URL.
The catalog title is “Postmaster General Brown’s Prize Package,” local identifier I-005, dated 7 June 1932. A man in a hat marked “POSTMASTER GENERAL” carries a package marked “G.O.P. PROHIBITION PLANK,” labelled “NOT TO BE OPENED TILL JUNE 15. HANDLE WITH CARE!”, and says, “BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY’S GOING TO LIKE THIS O.K!” An old woman marked “MISS DEMOCRACY” watches, and a sign points “TO CHICAGO.”
The National Archives note says Prohibition was the major platform issue for the Republicans meeting in Chicago in 1932, that President Hoover supported a majority plank calling for enforcement with a national referendum letting each state decide, and that “over one-third of the delegates supported the minority plank” for abolition. Those statements are the note’s.
No image is stored here. The drawing is an editorial cartoon on the politics of repeal.
