Now, Trouble from the Rear!
Artifact ID1973.1.730
Object Type
Cartoon Drawing
Publisher
Times-Picayune
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Date
ca. August 1967
Medium
Ink and grease pencil on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 17 in x W 14 3/4 in (43.2 cm x 37.5 cm )
Physical DescriptionPhysical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. A soldier ("U.S.") stands on the globe. Fire is in front ("Threat from Without/Communist Menace-Vietnam") and behind ("Agitation from Within/Riots at Home"). Caption: “Now, Trouble from the Rear!”. Additional text at lower right: “New Orleans Times-Picayune Aug. 1, 1967”. Artist signature lower right: "Pletcher”.
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at lower center: “To President Lyndon B. Johnson, Respectfully, Eldon Pletcher”.
Historical NoteOver 150 race-related riots took place in cities across the country during the Long, Hot Summer of 1967 in response to unemployment, police brutality, and discrimination. In response, President Johnson authorized the Kerner Commission to investigate the causes of the riots, and politicians such as Richard Nixon campaigned on “law and order” during the 1968 presidential election. At the same time, the Vietnam War went on overseas. In 1967, the year this cartoon was made, there were 500,000 American troops in Vietnam.Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThe item was a gift from the general public to President Johnson during his term in office. It was received by President Johnson, until the President donated it to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in 1973.
Credit LineGift of Lyndon Baines Johnson
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts from the General Public (National Archives Identifier 189698395)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Fully
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