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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Notes and Sketches...
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Notes and Sketches...

Artifact ID1973.1.997
Object Type Cartoon Drawing
Artist (United States, 1910 - 1985)
Gifter
Publisher (founded 1876)
Date 1971
Medium Ink on drawing paper, mounted on black paper, mounted on illustration board
DimensionsOverall H 23 1/4 in x W 23 1/8 in (59.1 cm x 58.7 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. Caricature drawings on three separate papers mounted together. Frame 1: LBJ smiles. Additional text at center right: “Settin’ in the shade of a big live oak - he enjoys tellin’ a good’n - most of ‘em on himself!”. In the lower left, there is a side profile of LBJ. Additional text at lower center: “LB For Barber Dodger? J”. Additional text at lower center: “Most of those ‘new wrinkles’ he has ‘acquired with age,’ are just grin-wrinkles!”. Frame 2: Additional text at upper center: “He’s as ‘Texas’ and as ‘range-wise’- - sometimes as ornery ‘ - “as an old longhorn”. A longhorn head is at the upper center. Below, LBJ and Yuki say “Owoooooo”. Additional text at lower right: “speaks dog-language, which his pet ‘Yuki’ understands, and replies - “. Additional text at lower center: “Talks ‘Mexican,’ too, when he has to explain something to some of his ranch hands.” Frame 3: LBJ drives his car really fast past some cattle. Another man rides in the backseat of the car and says “-She lopes along right good, out here - but she ain’t too much for ‘ridin’ double,’ I’d say!”. Additional text at lower left: “We spotted President Johnson riding th’ range in a ‘continental’ - with a cattle buyer in the back seat -”. Caption: “Notes and Sketches from an Unplanned, Unexpected, Private and Personal Visit with Mr. Guess-Who? On His Ranch! J Knox Nashville Banner-”. Artist signature: Each drawing signed lower right: "JK 71."
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten across the bottom: [blue] “For President LBJ - the only man I've ever known who is truely [sic] 10-feet-tall - whether he's horseback, or squattin' in the shade of a mesquite, or sittin' behind a desk in Washington - Although I disagree with some of his political policies (and I'm sure he would with some of my thinkin') In the course of tellin' folks that Speedy & I have met him and his Lady Bird - personally! I have popped the button off most of my shirts - And there's not a man in this world with greater resoect for him - or prouder to call Lyndon Baines Johnson ‘my friend’ Sincerely Jack Knox”.
Historical NoteAfter leaving office in January 1969, Lyndon Johnson went to his ranch in Texas. He attended the opening of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in 1971 and his memoirs The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency 1963–1969 was published that same year. He died of a heart attack on January 22, 1973.
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
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)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place Described
LBJ Ranch
Place of Publication
Nashville
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