Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
National Defense Inspection Tour
Object numberMO 2025.2.32
Name
Cartoon
Artist
Cy Hungerford
(American editorial cartoonist, 1888 - 1983)
Dateca. 1940
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink, pencil
Dimensionsoverall H 17 1/8 in x W 13 in (43.5 cm x 33 cm )
DescriptionAn original black and white cartoon titled at the top, “[?] National Defense (accent on fence) Inspection Tour.” It depicts Franklin D. Roosevelt wearing a star badge and a hat labeled “CHIEF INSPECTOR.” He is inspecting a long fence (“POLTICAL FENCE”) with a magnifying glass while holding a document titled, “PLANS FOR A DICTATOR’S HIGHWAY,” and saying, “IS IT STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP WILLKIE OUT?” Along the fence, at the top of a hill, sits a mule (or donkey) hitched to a covered wagon labeled “THIRD TERM ER BUST.” The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner: “HUNGERFORD.”
On the reverse is a pencil sketch of an earlier cartoon concept for the same theme. The sketch shows FDR, wearing a hat labeled “CHIEF DICTATOR INSPECTOR,” at the reins of a covered wagon. FDR is leaning over, inspecting a fence with a magnifying glass, and saying, “IS IT STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST THAT OLD FASHIONED WILLKIE.”
Label TextThis cartoon was likely published in 1940 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette which the artist, Cy Hungerford, worked for at the time.On the reverse is a pencil sketch of an earlier cartoon concept for the same theme. The sketch shows FDR, wearing a hat labeled “CHIEF DICTATOR INSPECTOR,” at the reins of a covered wagon. FDR is leaning over, inspecting a fence with a magnifying glass, and saying, “IS IT STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST THAT OLD FASHIONED WILLKIE.”
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Karole S. Mourek, from the collection of Anthony J. Mourek, in 2024.
Credit LineGift from the Anthony J. Mourek Collection
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPolitical Cartoons (National Archives Identifier 749653)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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