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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
I'd Like to Have You Stick Around After the Wedding...
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

I'd Like to Have You Stick Around After the Wedding...

Artifact ID1973.1.2423
Object Type Cartoon Drawing
Publisher ()
Date ca. October 1967
Medium Ink, grease pencil and applied shading on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 18 in x W 15 in (45.7 cm x 38.1 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. LBJ talks to Cupid, who sits at a desk ("Member White House News Staff") typing a paper ("Dec. Wedding Plans Lynda Bird and Capt. Robb"). Caption: “I'd Like to Have You Stick Around After the Wedding--You're the One Cheerful Note I Know Around Here”. Additional text at lower right: “New Orleans Times-Picayune, Oct 29, 1967”. Artist signature lower right: "Pletcher”.
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at lower left: [blue] “To President Johnson, With all good wishes, Eldon Pletcher”.
Historical NoteOn December 9, 1967, Lynda Bird Johnson and Chuck Robb got married in the White House.
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 B Johnson Presidential Library 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
Use Restriction NoteCopyright or other proprietary rights are held by individuals or entities other than the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. The LBJ Presidential Library and Museum does not warrant that the use of materials will not infringe on the rights of third parties holding the rights to these works, or make any representations or warranties with respect to the application or terms of any international agreement, treaty, or protections that may apply. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy any copyright or other use restrictions. Pertinent regulations can be found at 36 C.F.R 1254.62.
Person Referenced Lyndon Baines Johnson (United States, 1908 - 1973)
Person Referenced Lynda Johnson Robb (United States, born 1944)
Person Referenced Charles S. Robb (United States, born 1939)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place of Publication
New Orleans
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