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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
The Other Shoe
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

The Other Shoe

Artifact ID1973.1.344
Object Type Cartoon Drawing
Artist
Gifter
Date ca. March 1968
Medium Ink and grease pencil on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 22 in x W 18 3/4 in (55.9 cm x 47.6 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. LBJ lays in bed. One shoe ("McCarthy") lies on the bed after hitting him on the head. Another shoe ("RFK") falls through the ceiling onto his head. A small figure holds a sign “Something on his mind!”. Caption: “The Other Shoe”. Artist signature lower left: "Dobbins 3-18-68 Boston Herald-Traveler”.
Inscriptions and MarkingsHandwritten at lower left: "President Johnson with the thought, that was some party they threw for themselves! Jim Dobbins". Handwritten at lower left: [blue] “Off - Ed Page”. Handwritten at lower center: [blue] “4 cols” “102 lines” “Mon A.M.”. Handwritten at lower center: “100” [illegible]. Handwritten at lower right: [blue] “March 18 68”. Handwritten at lower right: [red] “495”. Handwritten at upper right: [blue] “35% Benday over everything except path indicated and shoe and stars”.
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, a prominent critic of the Vietnam War, 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
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 Eugene J. McCarthy (American, 1916 - 2005)
Person Referenced Robert F. Kennedy (American, 1925 - 1968)
Person Referenced Lyndon Baines Johnson (American, 1908 - 1973)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place of Publication
Boston
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