Jack, I'm gonna fish with you! – 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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Step back in time with Jack, I'm gonna fish with you!, a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Jack, I'm gonna fish with you!
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Sam Rayburn, the Texas Democrat who would later lead the House, is the subject here, and the caption's offer to go fishing with "Jack" is the cartoonist's shorthand for political courtship in the capital. Rayburn was then a veteran congressman building his influence during the New Deal years. The drawing was probably printed in the *Washington Star*, a daily that covered Capitol Hill closely, and cartoons of this kind assumed readers knew who was who. Its August 14, 1939, date falls during a congressional recess, so the joke is about maneuvering behind the scenes rather than a floor vote.
| Created / published | 1939 Aug. 14. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) American.Drawings. |
| Notes | Probably published in: Washington star. (DLC/PP-1945:R2.467) This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860127. |
| Subjects | Rayburn, Sam,--1882-1961. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,296 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111430 |
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