General Eisenhower's Campaign Visit

Creator

Bob Bain

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Identifier

20130083

Description

General Eisenhower holds a framed reproduction of a Star-Telegram cartoon by Hal Coffman showing Thomas Jefferson and quoting him on the virtue economy in government. Eisenhower in accepting the cartoon, presented to him by Mrs. Lawrence Tarlton on behalf of Amon Carter called Jefferson, "the man Washington has forgotten." Eisenhower spoke to the crowd that gathered at the T & P station. The stop is part of his presidential campaign swing through Texas.

Archival Date

1952-10-15

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-573

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Political cartoons; Political campaigns; Gifts