Fighting for the floor CD 1 - Packer, no. 12 (B size)...

CALL NUMBER:CD 1 - Packer, no. 12 (B size) <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:_ _ _ _ _

SUMMARY:Cartoon shows Senator Styles Bridges and Senator Robert A. Taft as ladies at a ball maneuvering to stand under the mistletoe (labeled "G.O.P. Floor Leadership"). President-Elect Eisenhower watches. A note on the margin of the cartoon reads: "News note: Senators Taft (Ohio) and Bridges (N.H.) both have been maneuvering without any luck for President-elect Eisenhower''s blessing for Senate Floor Leader." The Republicans won control of both houses in Congress in the 1952 election for the first time in 20 years.

MEDIUM:1 drawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:1952 Dec. 17.

CREATOR:

Packer, Fred Little, 1886-1956, artist.

NOTES:

(DLC/PP-1954:R10.11)

Published in: New York Mirror.

jr / 860529; ljr / 950309.

SUBJECTS:

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953.
Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--1950-1960.
United States. Congress. Senate--1950-1960.
Ballroom dancing--1950-1960.
Legislators--United States--1950-1960.

FORMAT:

Editorial cartoons American.
Drawings.

PART OF:Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from intermediary roll film) acd 2a10691

CONTROL #:acd1996005849/PP

Pop Art Machine Code: acd-2a10000-2a10600-2a10691


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