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
- Date
- December 25, 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Media and information
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743114 (NAID 5743114).
Text on the object
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
