Th' Yanks are comin'! (untitled)
A rural Southern figure with a stubbled chin, battered hat and a mule reads a newspaper headed 'Stassen planning speaking tour through Dixie; Taft may follow' and says 'Th' Yanks are comin'!'. The cartoon depicts the Southern voter in a stereotyped rustic guise reacting to Republican campaign visits; the technique fit (plain-folks, the everyman figure) is weak.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- October 17, 1947
- 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
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- 1948 US Election
- 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, 5743140 (NAID 5743140).
Text on the object
TH' YANKS ARE COMIN'! STASSEN PLANNING SPEAKING TOUR THROUGH DIXIE TAFT MAY FOLLOW Jim Berryman
