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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
How Are You Guys on Replanting?
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

How Are You Guys on Replanting?

Artifact ID1973.1.261
Object Type Cartoon Drawing
Artist (1914 - 2005)
Gifter
Date ca. March 1968
Medium Ink and applied shading on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 14 1/4 in x W 11 1/4 in (36.2 cm x 28.6 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. Two men (“Bobby”, “Fulbright”) use a saw to cut down a tree (“Administration Policy”). Higher up, two other men (Nixon and “McCarthy”) use axes to cut the same tree. In the branches, two more men (identifiable as Nelson Rockefeller and “Wallace”) cut the branches they are sitting on. LBJ stands amidst tree stumps yelling at the men cutting down the tree. Caption: “How Are You Guys on Replanting?”. Artist signature lower left: "Ed Valtman ‘68”. A small piece of paper “The Hartford Times” adhered to lower left.
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. 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. J. William Fulbright was also a critic of the Vietnam War and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy ran for president in 1968 during the Democratic primaries as an antiwar candidate. Former Vice President Richard Nixon secured the Republican nomination during the 1968 election. His platform emphasized crime and he criticized Johnson’s Vietnam policy, but was vague about his own plans to end the war. New York governor Nelson Rockefeller entered the 1968 Republican primaries in spring 1968. He was a part of the Republican liberal wing. Alabama governor George Wallace left the Democrat Party to run for president in 1968 as an American Independent Party candidate with a pro-segregation platform.
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 Richard Nixon (United States, 1913 - 1994)
Person Referenced Nelson Rockefeller (United States, 1908 - 1979)
Person Referenced George Wallace (United States, 1919 - 1988)
Person Referenced Robert F. Kennedy (United States, 1925 - 1968)
Person Referenced J. William Fulbright (United States, 1905 - 1995)
Person Referenced Lyndon Baines Johnson (United States, 1908 - 1973)
Person Referenced Eugene J. McCarthy (United States, 1916 - 2005)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place of Publication
Hartford
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