Taking Over
A top-hatted animal in a coat labelled MINK, carrying a cane and a tag reading 'I can get it for you wholesale', tells a startled donkey at a lectern that it is the new party symbol. The donkey is the Democratic Party emblem; the cartoon replaces it with a mink as a label for the party (name-calling by symbol), and the argument is the cartoonist's own.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- December 1, 1951
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Elections and party politics, Economy and finance
- 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, 5743154 (NAID 5743154).
Text on the object
GIT YO'SELF LOST, BOY..... AH'M TH' NEW PAHTY SYMBOL ! [labels:] MINK; "I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE"; JIM BERRYMAN
