Record
Photograph
1942-02-22
National Archives Catalog, Records of the U.S. Senate (RG 46), Berryman Political Cartoon Collection
Clifford Berryman cartoon: Uncle Sam takes down the old "Public Enemies No. 1" (22 February 1942)
An untitled Berryman drawing of 22 February 1942: Uncle Sam has the old portraits labelled Dillinger, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and "Baby Face" Nelson taken down in favor of wartime loose talkers. No copy is stored.
- Date
- 1942-02-22
- Kind
- photograph
- Source
- National Archives Catalog, Records of the U.S. Senate (RG 46), Berryman Political Cartoon Collection
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 6012255
- 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 lists this drawing as untitled, local identifier Z-029, dated 22 February 1942. A row of portraits on a wall is labelled “DILLINGER,” “PRETTY BOY” FLOYD, “ARTHUR BARKER,” “ALVIN KARPIS” and “BABY FACE” NELSON under a banner reading “PUBLIC ENEMIES NO. 1.” Uncle Sam says, “TAKE THOSE DOWN. THEY WERE MERE PIKERS. WE’VE GOT A NEW SELECTION,” while Berryman’s teddy bear stands on a ladder. The new posters below show wartime talkers, one of them “THE FELLOW WHO SAYS WE GOT WHAT WAS COMING TO US AT PEARL HARBOR.”
The National Archives note says Berryman was helping to promote the war effort and that the new “public enemies” are “those who could sabotage the war effort by demoralizing others with their negative talk.” The names on the old portraits are the drawing’s labels; this page cites the drawing for how the 1930s list was remembered in 1942, not for anything about those men.
No image is stored here. The drawing is an editorial cartoon.