Content note: 1958 US newspaper cartoon using a totem pole as a symbol of Alaska statehood, shown as published. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Nice work...If he can get it!
A frightened elephant clings to a totem pole topped with a hat labelled 'Alaska' and crossbars reading 'Party Control', while a figure in a fur-trimmed parka labelled 'Nixon' holds its feet and tries to keep it up. The cartoon argues that Alaska's vote bears on which party controls Congress, and that the Republican elephant is nervous about it.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- November 2, 1958
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- 1958 US Midterm Elections
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, 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, 5743278 (NAID 5743278).
Text on the object
ALASKA PARTY CONTROL NIXON JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON ST
