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Political cartoons

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Gene Basset Collection of Political Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-770301
Scope and Contents The collection consists of photographs of politicians that were used as reference materials by the newspaper cartoonist Gene Basset, dating from 1912 to 1989 (bulk 1960s-1980s). The photographs extensively document U.S. political figures from the 1960s through the 1980s, especially Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. It also includes some foreign political leaders (1930s-1980s) and a small selection of actors/performers/film productions (1930s-1960s). The collection consists entirely of...
Dates: 1912 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989

Sennep and Tim French Political Cartoons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20240717
Scope and Contents Collection of approximately 1,500 political cartoons that were published in three major Paris newspapers between 1959-1964 by Jean-Jacques Charles Pennès (Sennep) and Louis Mitelberg (Tim)The cartoons lampoon Cold War-era international relations of the early 1960s, often featuring political figures such as Charles De Gaulle, François Mitterand, Nikita Kruschev, Mao, Fidel Castro, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Topics include the French economic...
Dates: 1959 - 1965

Eric M. Smith Papers and Political Cartoons

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-000023
Scope and Contents

Collection of papers and political cartoons drawn by Eric M. Smith.

Dates: 1970s-2010s