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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
You Know the One About Too Many Cooks
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

You Know the One About Too Many Cooks

Artifact ID1973.1.575
Artist (United States, 1918 - 2009)
Date ca. March 1968
Medium Ink and watercolor on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 15 1/2 in x W 13 1/2 in (39.4 cm x 34.3 cm )

Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal colored cartoon drawing. A donkey gentleman is seated in a restaurant looking at chef LBJ and two other chefs (“McCarthy”, “Bobby”) quarreling over the pot of food ("68 Stew") they are cooking. Caption: “You Know the One About Too Many Cooks”. Artist signature lower right: "Holland”. A small piece of paper “© 1968 by The Chicago Tribune” adhered to lower right.
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at lower right: "To President Lyndon B. Johnson, with best regards - Ed Holland". “62”. Handwritten at lower center: “3 col” “Fri” “7” “color” “March 22” [illegible]. Handwritten at lower right: [blue] [illegible]
Historical NotePresident Johnson was up for his second term during the 1968 election, but he would later withdraw from the race on March 31, 1968. Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy ran for president in 1968 during the Democratic primaries as an antiwar candidate. New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy ran for president in 1968 as a Democrat with an anti-war platform until his assassination in June 1968.
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
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Fully
Use Restriction Note© 1968, The Chicago Tribune
Copyright 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 Robert F. Kennedy (United States, 1925 - 1968)
Person Referenced Eugene J. McCarthy (United States, 1916 - 2005)
Person Referenced Lyndon Baines Johnson (United States, 1908 - 1973)
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