Cartoon Drawing
Artifact ID1973.1.2493
Object Type
Cartoon Drawing
Artist
Joseph Stern
(1890 - 1971)
Publisher
Boston Herald
(founded 1846)
Gifter
Joseph Stern
Medium
Ink on illustration board with additional ink drawings applied
DimensionsOverall H 15 in x W 20 in (38.1 cm x 50.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionPhysical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. Frame 1: An American flag flies. Additional text across the bottom: “The House voted 385 to 15 to make it a federal crime to desecrate the American flag”. Frame 2: A stork holds a baby (“8 pounds 10 ounces”) in front of a door (“The Nugents and Patrick Lyndon”) and says, “It’s a boy for Pat and Luci”. Frame 3: A man (“Rep. John W. Sears”) rides an elephant (“G.O.P.”). The elephant throws a hat (“Sears”) into a ring filled with other hats (“Logue”, “John McDonough”, “Stephen Devenport”, “P Pignato”, “Ianello”, “B Hynes”, “Hicks”, “A Oniel”, “Kevin White”, “Linnella”, “Kevin White”, “D Hines”, and “Abraham”). Additional text across the bottom: “Mayors Race Getting a ‘Little’ Crowded”. Frame 4: A giant arm (“FBI”) grabs people. Additional text at left: “FBI Opens War on Cosa Nostra”. Frame 5: A man (identifiable as Mao Tse-Tung) and another man sit on top of a mushroom cloud (“Communist China Exploded a Hydrogen Bomb”). Underneath, debris (“Fall Out”) falls on a globe. Frame 6: Portrait of a man (identifiable as George Brown). Additional text across the bottom: “George Brown, British foreign secretary, urged Israel to give up Jerusalem”. Frame 7: Portrait of a man (identifiable as Thomas J. Dodd). Additional text across the top: “Dodd censured Senate vote was 92 to 5”. Additional text across the bottom: “Sen. Thomas J. Dodd - D. - Conn”. Frame 8: A group of people stand under umbrellas in heavy rainfall. Additional text across the top: “Total rainfall now exceeds 1965 Nearly 2 inches of rain high winds RIP N.E.”). Frame 9: Portrait of a man (identifiable as Muhammad Ali). Additional text across the bottom: “Heavyweight champ Cassius Clay, found guilty, sentenced to 5 years”. Frame 10: A man (“Yawkey”) stands on a baseball (“Red Sox”) and holds a sign (“A stadium in 5 years or else!!”. Artist signature lower left: "Jos Stern”.
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at upper center: “37” “2” “8 cols”. Handwritten at upper center: [boxed] “2”. Handwritten at lower right: “375” “37”.
Historical NotePresident Johnson was a very doting grandfather when his first grandchild, Patrick Lyndon Nugent, was born. China detonated its first hydrogen bomb on June 17, 1967, under the code name Test No. 6. Cosa Nostra is another name for the Sicilian Mafia. After the Six Day War, British Prime Minister George Brown urged Israel not to annex East Jerusalem. Thomas J. Dodd was a senator accused of financial corruption and he was censured by Congress. On June 20, 1967, Muhammed Ali was sentenced to five years for refusing the Vietnam Draft and banned from boxing.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
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Person Referenced
Thomas J. Dodd
(United States, 1907 - 1971)
Person Referenced
Muhammad Ali
(United States, 1942 - 2016)
Person Referenced
Mao Tse-tung
(China, 1893 - 1976)
Person Referenced
George Brown
(Great Britian, 1898 - 1983)
Person Referenced
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
(United States, born 1967)
Person Referenced
Tom Yawkey
(United States, 1903 - 1976)
Person Referenced
Patrick Nugent
(United States, born 1943)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place of Publication