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L.B.J. / Great Society Corral

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Item

Date:

1967.

Reference:

R9715-7-1-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4492538

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John Reginald Stratton collection

L.B.J. / Great Society Corral
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Date(s):

1967.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 drawing : pen and brush with black ink over pencil on commercial board 49.3 x 45.2. cm
Support 49.300 x 45.000 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of an editorial cartoon published in the Toronto Star. Lyndon B. Johnson, the President of the United States, is depicted as a cowboy who suddenly finds himself and his horse on top of an angry kicking steer identified as "Vietnam." Johnson is attempting to rope the steer as another group of cattle, labelled "South East Asia" watches in the distance. To the left of the herd of cattle is a wooden structure identified as the "Great Society Corral."

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Artist: Macpherson, Duncan Ian, 1924-1993

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General note:

Cartoon suggests Lyndon Johnson's difficulties in balancing the "Great Society" programmes with the war in Vietnam.

Availability of other formats note:

Copy negative C-149343

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00070
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Copyright: Estate of Duncan Macpherson
Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Accession R9715-70

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