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title: A Seasonal Proclamation
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-a-seasonal-proclamation-1939/
description: A colonial-style town crier in a tricorn hat holds up a scroll reading 'Be It Known!!!' that conveys a Merry Christmas greeting from the Evening Star's
section: Collection
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[![A Seasonal Proclamation, 1939 US cartoon: A colonial-style town crier in a tricorn hat holds up a scroll reading 'Be It](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-a-seasonal-proclamation-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-a-seasonal-proclamation-1939.jpg)

# A Seasonal Proclamation

A colonial-style town crier in a tricorn hat holds up a scroll reading 'Be It Known!!!' that conveys a Merry Christmas greeting from the Evening Star's sports staff, signed with thirteen names including Jim Berryman, beside a sign reading 'Ye Olde Second Guesser'. The tell is plain-folks: an informal, humorous in-house voice addressing readers directly; it is a weak fit, as the item is a holiday greeting rather than persuasion.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Be It Known!!!
The Evening Star's
Sports Staff Wishes A
Merry Christmas to
its Patient and Faithful
Readers,
Signed:
Denman Thompson
Bill Hottel
Walter McCallum
Rod Thomas
Francis Stan
Jack Keller
Burt Hawkins
Bill Dismer
Lew Atchison
Bob Henry
Mac Hamborne
Paul Miller
C. R. Taynton
Jim Berryman

Ye Olde
Second
Guesser
```

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