A black and white cartoon of a man and a tiger Untitled - Political cartoon, public domain image
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This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on November 8, 1905, depicts William Randolph Hearst, who ran for mayor of New York in the 1905 election, sitting at his desk while being taunted by the Tammany Tiger as election results came in showing powerful Tammany-backed candidate George B. McClellan Jr. to be the winner.
Berryman Political Cartoon Collection
William Randolph Hearst - American newspaper publisher active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1863 in San Francisco, California. He inherited The San Francisco Examiner from his father, and went on to build one of the largest newspaper and magazine empires in the world, known as the Hearst Corporation. He was known for his use of yellow journalism, political influence, and his support of various causes and politicians, including his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I and his support of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.
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