It's yours, Nobles ---and welcome! (Shriners' 61st Imperial Session)
A man in colonial dress and a fez marked 'D.C.' holds out an oversized key wreathed in roses and ribbons reading '61st Annual Imperial Session A.A.O.N.M.S.', saying 'It's yours, Nobles ---and welcome!' The Capitol, the Washington Monument and a neighbouring building are drawn smiling or wearing fezzes. The cartoon's tell is the transfer of the visitors' emblem onto the capital's landmarks, presenting the city as hospitable host.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- June 9, 1935
- Period
- Interwar
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- Shriners 61st Imperial Session
- 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, 5743101 (NAID 5743101).
Text on the object
IT'S YOURS, NOBLES ---AND WELCOME ! 61ST ANNUAL IMPERIAL SESSION A.A.O.N.M.S. D.C. 3 Cols. Sunday Jim Berryman
