As the New Year approaches, we want to share with you this Clifford Berryman cartoon from New Year’s Eve in 1913 called A Packing Problem. In it Berryman depicts Father Time having a hard time fitting into the suitcase labeled 1913 all of the year’s major issues, including the debates over the Parcel Post, Currency Law, Tariff Revision, various constitutional amendments,the Mexican revolution, and events such as the first ascent of Mount McKinley, the Democratic take-over of Congress and the presidency, the floods in the Ohio Valley, the sinking of the SS Volturno in the North Atlantic, and the defeat of Tammany Hall.
A Packing Problem by Clifford K. Berryman, 12/31/1913, U.S. Senate Collection (ARC 6011022)
What events would be scattered on the table if someone were to draw a cartoon like this for 2011?
