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Steel Reinforcements

Steel Reinforcements

Object numberMO 2025.2.28
Name Cartoon
Artist (Australian cartoonist, 1905 - 1989)
Date1939
Mediumpaper, ink, crayon
Dimensionsoverall H 11 in x W 14 15/16 in (28 cm x 38 cm )
DescriptionAn original black and white cartoon, titled “STEEL REINFORCEMENTS,” referencing pre-World War II International trade relations with Japan. The cartoon depicts Japan's Emperor Hirohito dressed in his military uniform and seated upon a throne with Nazi swastikas along the side. Japanese Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma, dressed in an English-style morning suit, is bowing down before the emperor. A view of Mount Fuji is in the background. Running vertically down the left side of the cartoon is stylized text that reads: “EVEN IF CHAMBERLAIN AND ROOSEVELT LEAVE US, THERE IS ALWAYS HONOURABLE B.H.P. [Broken Hill Proprietary Company].” The artist’s stylized signature is in the lower left corner: “MAHONY.”
Label TextThis 1939 cartoon by Australian cartoonist Francis William (Will) Mahony may have been published in the Daily News, a Sydney-based newspaper which Mahony worked for at the time.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Karole S. Mourek, from the collection of Anthony J. Mourek, in 2024.
Credit LineGift from the Anthony J. Mourek Collection
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPolitical Cartoons (National Archives Identifier 749653)
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