Photo, Print, Drawing In Lafayette Park
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Title
- In Lafayette Park
Summary
- World War II cartoon shows Harvard President James B. Conant, financier Barnard Baruch, and M.I.T. President Karl T. Compton, sitting on a park bench in Lafayette Park across from the White House, looking very worried. Baruch holds a paper reading, "Dear Barney: I don't know where you will find it, but you've got to get us some rubber -- F.D.R." A squirrel holding two nuts says, "Looks like a hard winter, boys -- you'd better get going." Because Japan had gained control of 90% of the crude rubber sources in the Far East, rubber was one of the first raw materials to be in short supply. President Roosevelt appointed Baruch, Conant and Compton to a committee to recommend solutions to the problem. Baruch, a long-time advisor to Presidents, claimed that his only office was a park bench in Lafayette Square.
Names
- Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949, artist
Created / Published
- 1942 Aug. 9.
Headings
- - Baruch, Bernard M.--(Bernard Mannes),--1870-1965
- - Conant, James Bryant,--1893-1978
- - Compton, K. T.--(Karl Taylor),--1887-1954
- - Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945
- - Lafayette Park (Washington, D.C.)--1940-1950
- - World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States
- - Rubber industry--United States--1940-1950
Format Headings
- Drawings.
- Editorial cartoons--American.
Genre
- Editorial cartoons--American
- Drawings
Notes
- - Probably published in: The Evening star (Washington, D.C.).
- - (DLC/PP-1945:R2.169)
- - mm / 860115; ljr / 011116.
- - Sources: Polenberg, War and society, p. 14-17; American National Biography ljr
Medium
- 1 drawing.
Call Number/Physical Location
- CD 1 - Berryman (C.K.), no. 176 (A size)
Source Collection
- Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- acd 2a05881 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/acd.2a05881
- cph 3c17952 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c17952
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2016678471
Reproduction Number
- LC-USZ62-117952 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory
- May be restricted: Information on reproduction rights available in LC P&P Restrictions Statement.
Online Format
- image