William Dougal (1822–1895) of Washington, D.C. engraved this print of two fish species after original sketches by John H. Richard (c.1807–1881) of Philadelphia. The engraving was printed as Plate 32 in “Ichthyology of the Boundary” by Charles Girard (1822-1895), published in Volume 2, Part 2 of the Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. The volume was printed in 1859 by Cornelius Wendell of Washington, D.C. The fish species illustrated include: Tigoma nigrecens [Grd], and Tigoma pulchra [Grd].
This object is an original pen and ink political cartoon hand drawn on white paper by Clifford Berryman circa 1912 in Washington, D.C. It depicts a Christmas tree with a "1912" banner up top and Uncle Sam dressed as Santa Claus distributing presents from the tree to the politicians surrounding him. He holds William Howard Taft’s gift in his hand to give to Taft who is standing close by with outstretched hands to receive the gift. Each gift on the tree is labeled with the recipient's name in the familiar form, e.g. Willie (for Taft), Woody (for Woodrow Wilson), Bobby (for Robert LaFollette, seen from behind), Champy (for Champ Clark), Teddy (for Theodore Roosevelt, who appears with the “teddy bear”), Billy (for William Jennings Bryan, seen from behind), Juddy (for Judson Harmon), and Josie (for Joseph Folk). The drawing is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
It is interesting to observe that Taft is shown closest to Santa Claus and is the only person depicted with outstretched hands. He and Roosevelt competed for the nomination of the Republican party in 1912. Taft was nominated but lost the presidential election to Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson.
The object is a political cartoon hand-drawn on white paper by Clifford Berryman in Washington, D.C. in 1899. It depicts American General Elwell Stephen Otis and a buzzing bee carrying a label reading "Seat of Government." A penciled title is inscribed along the lower edge that reads "How Otis Surrounded Aguinaldo." The date "Nov.17, 99" is inscribed in pencil in the upper left. The drawing is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
This drawing concerns the Battle of Manila of 1899 in the Philippine-American War. It depicts American General Elwell Otis with enlarged hands presumably containing the Philippines, with the title referencing his United States victory over the Philippines led by President Emilio Aguinaldo.
The buzzing bee was a device used by Berryman to indicate news, as in "buzz."
This object is an original pen and ink political cartoon hand drawn by Clifford Berryman on white paper circa 1912 in Washington, D.C. The title, possibly not finalized, reads "Frightful Figuring for Old Figgers" and is inscribed as well as crossed out in pencil. The drawing depicts Charles Henry Grosvenor (Republican Congressman from Ohio) busily tallying numeric scores for William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M. La Follette (Sr.) of Wisconsin, and Albert B. Cummins of Iowa. He says to himself: "Figgerin' isn't what it used to be!" Various numbers appear in the background. He is surrounded by books he may have authored (real or perhaps imaginary for the purpose of this illustration) with titles such as "Grosvenor on Election Statistics," Grosvenor's Political Mathematics," and "Old Figgers or How I Calculate." Berryman's number 2235[5?] is stamped twice in blue ink in the lower right corner. The drawing is signed "Berryman" in the lower right area of the illustration.
Grosvenor had a lengthy and varied career in American politics. He worked as the statistician for the Republican Party because of his interest in numeric political calculations and became nicknamed "Old Figgers." He supported Taft but his arithmetic showed Roosevelt was in the lead - hence, the title "Frightful Figuring for 'Old Figgers.'"
Newspaper cartoonist Clifford Berryman lampooned presidential candidate William Taft for using the issue of tariff reform to fill his wallet in this 1908 drawing.
A homemade poster calling for the impeachment of President Nixon. The audio tape, eraser and scissors call attention to the 18 1/2 minute gap in a tape from June 20, 1972. Conversation on the tape included the Watergate break-in.