Note to the New Year
A baby marked '1940' sits on a desk holding a handwritten letter from 'Ol' '39', beside a large book titled 'Book of the World' and an hourglass. The letter says the inherited job is no bargain and advises looking under 'S' for 'Sports' to brighten up. The cartoon uses a sentimental infant figure and a wry consoling note; the technique fit is weak.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- January 1, 1940
- 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
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- 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, 5743115 (NAID 5743115).
Text on the object
Dear Kid: The job you have inherited is no bargain, but whenever you get terribly discouraged, look under "S", in the big book, for "Sports"- and brighten up! Yours — "Ol' '39" 1940 BOOK of The WORLD [signature: Jim Berryman]
