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Gridiron Club Sixty-Fifth Birthday Menu
| Menu, mounted on board, for the sixty-fifth birthday dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by Jim (James Thomas) Berryman of Father Time carrying a scythe and an hourglass and saying, "You're 65 now ... isn't it time to retire?" A man in monk's robes replies, "Retire! Why I've just begun to write!" as he writes in a book marked "1950." Volumes from past years surround him. Inscribed, "Ray - For our long friendship and for all you contributed to make this the grandest evening of my life. My hand and my thanks - Tom Stokes". Another part of the menu has two monks tending a steaming kettle with gridirons. |
| Image ID: | 107131 |
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| Creation Date: | before 05 13 1950 |
| 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: | 12 x 18 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. Thomas L. Stokes was club president in 1950. 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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