Content note: A Native American mascot caricature in war paint and braids, labelled Redskins, whoops while carrying a sack and arrows, as published in a sports-page cartoon. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Something to Shout About
A caricatured Native American figure in war paint and braids, labelled 'Redskins', whoops while carrying a large sack marked 'That Line' and clutching arrows and strips of cloth labelled 'Baugh's Passing', 'Farkas' Runs' and 'Moore's Receiving', with two football panels at the right. The technique tell is identity-fusion, a weak fit: the team's identity is merged into a single costumed mascot figure whose gear stands for individual players' skills.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- October 19, 1943
- 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
- Race and ethnicity
- 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, 5743129 (NAID 5743129).
Text on the object
BAUGH'S PASSING REDSKINS THAT LINE FARKAS' RUNS MOORE'S RECEIVING MIGHTY NICE OF TH' BOYS TO PYRAMID FOR ME....NEVER COULDA GOT THIS ONE JUS' JUMPIN' WILBUR MOORE IS A REAL OPPORTUNIST.. HE CASHES IN ON ANY KIND OF A BREAK... BOY! WHAT A MARVELOUS EXHIBITION OF FANCY DIVING... BET THEY'RE GOOD ON A SOGGY FIELD! ...AND "ANVIL ANDY" IS BACK TO HIS OLD TRICKS OF "TRUCKIN' ON DOWN THE OLD FAIRWAY"..... JIM BERRYMAN
