Detroit Safari
A man labelled Brownell in safari dress, with rifle and binoculars, stands before a large car labelled Big Auto Companies whose open hood is marked B-E-E-P, while a banner on his rifle reads Sherman Anti-Trust Act. He asks whether the car will gobble up its competitors; the cartoon frames industry concentration as a threat to be hunted, a weak fit for fear-appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- May 3, 1954
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- 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, 5743185 (NAID 5743185).
Text on the object
THE QUESTION IS... WHETHER IT'S GOING TO GOBBLE UP THE COMPETITORS? B-E-E-P BIG AUTO COMPANIES BROWNELL SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT JIM BERRYMAN
