Focal point – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Focal point. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Focal point
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This editorial cartoon, titled "Focal point," ran in the Washington Star on July 8, 1950, and its title suggests it was built around one central subject that draws the eye. The Star was a Washington, D.C., daily, so its cartoons spoke to readers in the nation's capital, where political news was close at hand. The paper appeared only two weeks after the Korean War began on June 25, 1950, a period when American newspapers filled their editorial pages with commentary on the conflict and the government's response. The record does not name the cartoonist or spell out the specific target, so the drawing is best read as a snapshot of the editorial debates of that summer.
| Created / published | c1950. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) American.Drawings. |
| Notes | (DLC/PP-1973:303.661) Published in: Washington star, July 8, 1950. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. jr / 860325. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,306 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-202683 |
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