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Artifact ID1973.1.2330
Object Type
Cartoon Drawing
Artist
Jim Dobbins
(United States)
Gifter
Jim Dobbins
Date
ca. January 1968
Medium
Ink and grease pencil on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 15 1/2 in x W 22 in (39.4 cm x 55.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionPhysical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. LBJ looks at a sign ("Yankee Go Home") that he has painted. The sign stretches from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. A figure holds a sign (“Keep the U$ [US] green!”). Additional text at lower left: “Boston Herald-Traveler”. Artist signature lower left: "Dobbins."
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at lower center: "To: President Johnson / Who is showing them a thing or two - from an admirer Jim Dobbins 1-3-68". Handwritten at upper center: [blue] “30% Benday Sky 7”. Handwritten at lower left: [circle] [blue] “Off-Ed Page”. Handwritten at lower left: [blue] “Engraver Note 30% Benday in Sky (Take out dots afterward)”. Handwritten at lower center: [blue] “128 lines “Wed AM”. Handwritten at lower center: [circle] [blue] “5 ⅜”. Handwritten at lower right: [red] “B” “38”. Handwritten at lower right: [blue] “1-3-68”. Handwritten at lower right: “48”.
Historical NotePresident Johnson announced plans for a travel tax which would tax Americans traveling outside the Western hemisphere. However, this was shelved in March 1968 by the House Ways and Means Committee.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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