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title: We Have Our Own 'Iron Curtain'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-we-have-our-own-iron-curtain-1952/
description: A figure labelled D.C., dressed in colonial costume with tricorn hat and ragged waistcoat, stands dejected beside a curtained voting booth marked
section: Collection
---

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# We Have Our Own 'Iron Curtain'

A figure labelled D.C., dressed in colonial costume with tricorn hat and ragged waistcoat, stands dejected beside a curtained voting booth marked The Polls, from which a hand labelled Rest of America is raised. The cartoon argues that District of Columbia residents are excluded from voting; the tell is transfer, using Revolutionary-era dress to lend that argument historical weight.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
THE POLLS
REST OF AMERICA
D.C.
JIM BERRYMAN
```

[← "Seite an Seite mit der Sowjetunion für den Frieden der Welt": sign on a farmhouse, Schenkenberg](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-lpg-schenkenberg-soviet-friendship-sign-1952/) [Families Cooperate! 4th National Family Week (English-language pennant poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/families-cooperate-4th-national-family-week-pennant-1952/)

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