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Gridiron Club Winter Dinner Menu
| Gridiron Club menu, mounted on board, with a "Wel-Fair Deal" cartoon by Jim (James Thomas) Berryman with President Truman playing cards and saying to a man wearing only a "Free Enterprise" barrel, "Merry Taxmas, John! We have all the chips ... but you've got to call .... Put up your barrel!" Other players hold hands of cards reading, "Senate Majority," "Labor Wage Raises," and "Farm Price Supports." Inscribed, "Henle starred again! Best Regards Richard L. Wilson." On another part of the menu, two men in monk's robes tend a steaming kettle with gridirons. |
| Image ID: | 107128 |
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| Creation Date: | before 12 10 1949 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Washington |
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| State: | District of Columbia |
| Collection Name: | Gridiron Club souvenir menus, 1945-1950 |
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| Original Format Type: | manuscript |
| Original Format Number: | PH 4730 (5) |
| Original Dimensions: | 10.25 x 16 inches |
| The Gridiron Club is an invitation-only organization of members of the press who cover Washington politics. Father and son political cartoonists Clifford K. Berryman and James Thomas (Jim) Berryman were both members. See other Gridiron Club images by searching in Wisconsin Historical Images. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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