Political Cartoon, "Hammering Home a Campaign Promise"

Accession Number

64-707

5x7 inches (13x18 cm)

Black & White

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NAID 343792857

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Keywords

Political cartoons

People Pictured

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953

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Description

This is a photograph of a political cartoon, entitled, "Hammering Home a Campaign Promise," by Walt Kelly. President Harry S. Truman is hammering a nail, labeled "Taft-Hartley Repeal," into a board. The board is directly in front of a bench that Senator Robert Taft was sitting on. Taft is shown leaping up, saying, "Harry! How could you?"

Date(s)

ca.

1964

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Political Cartoon, "Hammering Home a Campaign Promise"