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"Patronizing Some Of His Sponsors". Cartoon
copyright Washington Daily Star. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

"Patronizing Some Of His Sponsors". Cartoon

Artifact IDMO 2024.1.100.30
Object Type Editorial Cartoon
Date October 19, 1959
Artist (Cartoonist for the Washington Daily Star, American, 1895 - 1966)
Medium crayon, graphite on paper
DimensionsOverall H 14 3/4 in x W 12 3/4 in (37.5 cm x 32.4 cm)

Physical DescriptionA bruised and battered television set, "TV", with an icebag atop, is standing among broken bricks, eggshells, and mud stuck to the side of the set, " 'Fix' Expose". It is on the telephone saying "Uh-Huh - Rush Around A Load Of Those Things I've Been Talking About - A Washing Machine - Pain Killer - Spot Remover - Vacuum Cleaner - Headache Pills - Deoderant [sic] - Perfume - Tuckered Out Blood Tonic - Yeh - I'm All Fixed For Blades - " Caption reads: "Patronizing Some Of His Sponsors".
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Custodial History NoteItem was given to John F. Kennedy in 1959 by the artist and donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in 1965 by the Estate of President Kennedy. It 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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