"I Don't Care Where He's Going - All I Want Is A One-Way Ticket To Washington!" Cartoon – Works – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

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"I Don't Care Where He's Going - All I Want Is A One-Way Ticket To Washington!" Cartoon

Artifact IDMO 2024.1.100.46

Object Type Editorial Cartoon

Date November 4, 1959

Gifter Harold M. Talburt

Artist Harold M. Talburt (Cartoonist for the Washington Daily Star, American, 1895 - 1966)

Medium crayon, graphite

DimensionsOverall H 15 1/2 in x W 12 7/8 in (39.4 cm x 32.7 cm)

Physical DescriptionCaption: "Just A One-Track Mind." At a "Travel Agency", a proud Republican Elephant is displaying an itinerrary, "Ike's Trip", which shows destinations of "Italy" "India" "Pakistan" "Afghanistan" "Iran" "Turkey" "Greece" "Morocco" "France" "And Way Stops" to the Democrat Donkey, holding a satchel, "'60", who is saying, "I Don't Care Where He's Going - All I Want Is A One-Way Tcket To Washington!"

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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

National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)

National Archives Catalog SeriesJohn F. Kennedy Senatorial Collection (National Archives Identifier 1677120)

Use Restriction StatusRestricted - FullyUse Restriction NoteCopyright Washington Star. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA. The use of this image is restricted.

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