C. K. Berryman 1948 Political Cartoon Drawing SC Byrnes & Garner Signed
Item History & Price
The cartoon ran on the front page of the paper on November 23, 1948, in The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)
James F. "Jimmy" Byrnes - 104th Governor of South Carolina; 49th United States Secretary of State; Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States; Member of the U.S. House of Representative...s (1911 - 1925); United States Senator from South Carolina; United States House of Representatives from South Carolina;
John "Cactus Jack" Garner - 32nd Vice President of the United States
The cartoon was signed at the bottom right: "To Jimmy Byrnes, who's too young to understand what 80 means. The Star. C. K. Berryman. Nov. 23, 1948."
Affixed to the back of the frame is a worn old birthday card signed by Byrnes widow, Wanda B Byrnes, wherein she gifted the framed print after his death.
The piece measures 14" x 14". It is in a thin wooden black frame under glass.
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