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"Trade Winds" Cartoon
Copyright New York Herald Tribune. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
"Trade Winds" Cartoon
Copyright New York Herald Tribune. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

"Trade Winds" Cartoon

Artifact IDMO 2024.1.94
Object Type Editorial Cartoon
Date 1958-1960
Medium Ink on paper
DimensionsOverall H 14 in x W 17 in (35.6 cm x 43.2 cm)

Physical DescriptionJohn Q. Public, standing in the "U.S.", is surprised and worried as as balloons, labeled "U.S.", carrying boxes marked "Released Strategic Materials" and "To Russia Via Our Allies", cross the ocean towards "Europe", where a gleeful Khrushchev, "U.S.S.R.", awaits them. Caption reads: "Trade Winds"
Inscribed "To Senator John F. Kennedy with great admiration Vaugh Shoemaker"
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Custodial History NoteItem was held by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Archives until it was transferred to the Museum Collection in 2024.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
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