J. Earle Bowden Collection - User contributions [en]

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2014-08-07T21:56:27Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 December 20 PNJ
| Title = I Got Your Letter Marked Urgent
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 19 ½ in. x 28 in. (original drawing matted with white frame; some soiling
of mat)
| Description = Santa Claus leans over a weary Lyndon Baines Johnson, his desk littered with papers labeled Vietnam, Cuba, NATO, Congo, the Bomb, and remarks “I Got Your Letter Marked Urgent.’
Note: Reprinted in PNJ December 24, 1965 with Cartoon Title “Come On, Let’s Call a Ceasefire, Too!”

}}[[Category:International_Politics]][[Category:Communism]][[Category:Vietnam]][[Category:Cuba]][[Category:Congo]][[Category:NATO]][[Category:Cold_War]][[Category:Lyndon_B._Johnson]]

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2014-08-07T21:53:07Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:51:43Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 December 13 PNJ
| Title = Such A Stubborn Critter!
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 19 ½ in. x 28 in. (original drawing matted with white frame; some soiling
of mat)
| Description = Lyndon Baines Johnson in cowboy rodeo garb rides an alligator “Southeast Asia” remarking “I’ve Never Broke Such a Stubborn Critter!”

}}[[Category:International_Politics]][[Category:China]][[Category:Communism]][[Category:Lyndon_B._Johnson]]

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2014-08-07T21:49:47Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:49:29Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 December 6 PNJ
| Title = The World Series That’s Never Over
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 19 ½ in. x 28 in. (original drawing matted with white frame; some soiling
of mat)
| Description = Baseball slugger ‘The Nuclear Threat’ stands at base while a bandaged sputtering bomb of planet earth (the baseball) hurtles on a chaotic path toward home plate.

}}[[Category:Cold_War]]

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2014-08-07T21:48:06Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:45:23Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 November 29 PNJ
| Title = Watch It, Charlie!
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 15 ½ in. x 22 in.
| Description = Lyndon Baines Johnson (guitar) and Charles De Gaulle (drums), both with decidedly Beatles hairdos, playing in a band “the Continentals” with LBJ saying ‘Watch it, Charlie, you’re playing your own tune.’

}}[[Category:National_Politics]][[Category:Lyndon_B._Johnson]][[Category:Charles_De_Gaulle]][[Category:France]]

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2014-08-07T21:41:11Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:40:48Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 November 22 PNJ
| Title = Spark and Grandeur
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 15 5/8 in. x 22 in.
| Description = Accompanying column ‘De Gaulle’s Big Match for Texan’ noting De Gaulle’s push for a place in history and his visits to West Germany, the cartoon shows De Gaulle talking to a German ‘West Germany Prosperity’ (spark plug) with De Gaulle remarking “You’ve Got Spark and I’ve Got Grandeur.”

}}[[Category:International_Politics]]
[[Category:W._D._Childers]][[Category:Charles_De_Gaulle]][[Category:France]]

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Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:38:44Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:38:21Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 November 15 PNJ
| Title = The New Soviets
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 19 ½ in. x 28 in. (original drawing matted with white frame; some soiling
of mat)
| Description = Leonid Brezhnev shown unscrewing the head of Nikita Khrushchev and thinking about installing Mao Tse Tung – a reference to the Soviet power struggle that deposed Khrushchev in October 1964.

}}[[Category:International_Politics]][[Category:China]][[Category:Russia_(USSR)]][[Category:Russia_(USSR)]][[Category:Communism]][[Category:Leonid_Brezhnev]][[Category:Mao_Tse_Tung]]

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2014-08-07T21:36:23Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:33:09Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 November 8 PNJ
| Title = Say, You Will Be A Big Help
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 19 ½ in. x 28 in. (original drawing matted with white frame; some
soiling of mat)
| Description = Editorial cartoon showing China embracing the Bomb as an ally in painting the Asia continent ‘red’ on an earth with a burning fuse, alluding to Communist China obtaining the atomic bomb as a means of turning all of Asia communist and the explosive issue of hostilities in southeast Asia.

}}[[Category:International_Politics]][[Category:China]][[Category:Communism]]

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2014-08-07T21:31:08Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:30:29Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 November 1 PNJ
| Title = You Think We’ve Reached Him?
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 19 ½ in. x 28 in. (original drawing matted with white frame; some soilingof mat)
| Description = Lyndon Baines Johnson and Barry Goldwater converse on the head of “U.S. Voter” with LBJ asking “You Think We’ve Reached Him?”

}}[[Category:National_Politics]][[Category:Government]][[Category:Elections]][[Category:Lyndon_B._Johnson]]

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2014-08-07T21:29:06Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-08-07T21:28:07Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1964 October 25 PNJ
| Title = Headaches Will They Never End?
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 19 ½ in. x 28 in. (original drawing matted with white frame)
| Description = A sad-faced planet looks over a pile of papers (the bomb, Kremlin upheaval, Asian unrest) lamenting headaches that never end, while hovering over is ‘Mao’s China.’

}}[[Category:International_Politics]][[Category:China]][[Category:Russia (USSR)]][[Category:Communism]][[Category:Cold_War]][[Category:Mao_Tse_Tung]]

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2014-08-07T21:25:31Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T23:07:28Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 December 24 PNJ
| Title = Merry Christmas!
| Medium = Ink on paper, with pasteups
| Size = 11 in. x 14 ¼ in.
| Description = Accompanying the editorial ‘The Real Christmas’ the cartoon features a laughing Santa Claus who has burst through the columns of the newspaper.

}}[[Category:Holiday]][[Category:Christmas]][[Category:Religous]]

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2014-07-31T23:05:47Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T23:05:30Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 December 21 PNJ
| Title = Avalanche
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 14 ¾ in. x 22 in.
| Description = Accompanying the editorial ‘The Tax Burden’ noting the increase in property taxes and county budgets. The cartoon features the shoes of the ‘home owner’ sticking out from under the giant sack of ‘ad valorem taxes’ which has clearly crushed the taxpayer.

}}[[Category:Taxes]]

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2014-07-31T22:57:14Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:56:10Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 December 11 PNJ
| Title = Pensacola Needs a Plan—A Plan of Action
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 15 in. x 22 in.
| Description = A stand alone editorial cartoon on the Focus page shows a representative of Pensacola crushed under a giant pile of plans which include surveys, reports, and plans (zoning, waterfront, future airport needs, historic district, chamber, city, waterfront, growth projection, and county plans).

}}[[Category:Zoning]][[Category:Waterfront_Development]][[Category:Pensacola_Regional_Airport]][[Category:Historic_District]][[Category:Pensacola_Chamber_of_Commerce]][[Category:Pensacola_City_Council]]

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2014-07-31T22:53:47Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:53:14Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 December 7 PNJ
| Title = . . . a Day Which Will Live in Infamy
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 14 in. x 18 ¼ in.
| Description = Accompanying the editorial ‘December 7, 1941’ noting the 25th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The cartoon features an American flag with the star field replaced by the words ‘Pearl Harbor’ and a bowed, hatless individual, a black armband on his sleeve, with his back to the reader.

}}[[Category:Pearl_Harbor]]

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2014-07-31T22:52:09Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:50:18Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 December 4 PNJ
| Title = Eaten By Worms
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 11 7/8 in. x 16 in.
| Description = A stand alone editorial cartoon on the Focus page showing the Escambia County Local Government Study being eaten by the worms of ‘political hacks.

}}

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2014-07-31T22:47:22Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:46:14Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 November 24 PNJ
| Title = Thanksgiving 1966
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 7 in. x 9 ½ in.
| Description = Accompanying the editorial ‘Timeless Reasons’ noting the timelessness of Thanksgiving in a changing America. The cartoon features the praying hands of Uncle Sam, with cuff and sleeves of stripes and stars.

}}[[Category:Holiday]][[Category:Thanksgiving]]

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2014-07-31T22:43:21Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:39:08Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 November 7 PNJ
| Title = Decisions! Decisions!
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 14 ½ in. x 22 in.
| Description = A stand-alone editorial cartoon featuring a stunned and confused voter, with a ribbon of ‘Kirk High Kirk High’ running through his ears, summing up the choice between Florida Governor candidates, Hugh King or Claude Kirk.

}}[[Category:Florida_Governor]][[Category:King High]][[Category:Claude_Kirk]]

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2014-07-31T22:34:41Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:34:18Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 November 3 PNJ
| Title = Ideas Come Hard, But
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 13 ¾ in. x 22 in.
| Description = A stand alone editorial cartoon featuring a self portrait of J. Earle Bowden sitting perplexed at a large cartoon easel, but posted on the easel is a large note ‘Give To The United Fund.’ The cartoon alludes to the annual United Fund campaign in Escambia County where some twenty or more agencies held a combined fund-raising campaign. This cartoon was reprinted with changes on December 25, 1966.

}}[[Category:J.Earle Bowden]][[Category:United Fund]]

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2014-07-31T22:31:40Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:31:22Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 October 27 PNJ
| Title = He Stands Tall, Strong, and Ready
| Medium = Ink on paper
| Size = 15 3/8 in. x 22 in.
| Description = Accompanying the editorial ‘U. S. Navy: Mark of a Man’ noting U. S. Navy Day in Pensacola. The cartoon features a big Navy sailor, rolling up his sleeves, with the quote ‘I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight’ – John Paul Jones.

}}[[Category:U.S Navy Day]]

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2014-07-31T22:27:09Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:26:30Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 October 16 PNJ
| Title = The Legal-Tender Trap
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 15 in. x 22 in.
| Description = A stand alone editorial cartoon showing the Panhandle citizen trapped by the large dollar-sign fence of Great Society Costs.

}}[[Category:The Great Society]]

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2014-07-31T22:23:23Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:23:03Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 October 9 PNJ
| Title = Painful Sting From the Great Society?
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 15 ½ in. x 22 in.
| Description = A stand alone editorial cartoon showing the hand of ‘the backlash’ tossing a whip around Florida’s Conservative Panhandle (silhouette of the panhandle), noting the increases of conservative voters (Republicans) over Democrats, possibly from disillusionment with the Johnson Administration.

}}[[Category:Local_Politics]]

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2014-07-31T22:18:34Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:17:35Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 October 8 PNJ
| Title = Today’s the Day
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 11 ½ in. x 16 ½ in., attached to a 15 in. x 19 in. mat
| Description = Accompanying the editorial ‘The Really Big Game’ noting the big football game in Tallahassee between rivals, Florida State University (Seminoles) and the University of Florida (Gators). The cartoon shows a large FSU Indian attempting to scalp a large University of Florida alligator who is biting the leg of the Indian.

}}
[[Category:Football]][[Category:Florida_State_University_FSU]][[Category:Seminoles]][[Category:University_of_Florida]][[Category:Gators]]

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2014-07-31T22:15:05Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:13:55Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T22:13:41Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 October 6 PNJ
| Title = Nailed to the Wall
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 14 7/8 in. x 22 in.
| Description = Accompanying the editorial ‘Commissioners Must Erase The Disgrace’ noting the grand jury report on the mismanagement of the Escambia County Nursing Home. The cartoon shows a representative of the Escambia County Commission being ‘nailed to the wall’ by the hand and arm of the Grand Jury Report. This was reprinted on December 20, 1966.

}}[[Category:Grand_Jury]][[Category:Escambia County Nursing Home]][[Category:Escambia County Commission]]

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2014-07-31T21:59:50Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T21:54:33Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 October 5 PNJ
| Title = Now, That Ought To Hold It!
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 15 in. x 22 in.
| Description = A stand-alone editorial cartoon showing President Lyndon Baines Johnson taping the world together, arms wrapped around to hold it together, while its fuse ‘the mess in Asia’ is burning.

}}[[Category:President]][[Category:Lyndon_B._Johnson]][[Category:Vietnam_War]][[Category:Communism]]

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2014-07-31T21:52:37Z

Alyssa Soto:

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2014-07-31T21:50:49Z

Alyssa Soto:

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| Date = 1966 September 23 PNJ
| Title = Ah, Another Masterpiece Is Taking Shape
| Medium = Ink and graphite on paper
| Size = 15 in. x 19 ½ in.
| Description = A stand alone editorial cartoon featuring a happy artist contemplating his canvas which is titled ‘Sidewalk Art Festival.’ Pensacola held a sidewalk arts festival downtown in late September in the 1960s.

}}[[Category:Sidewalk Art Festival]]

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2014-07-31T21:48:49Z

Alyssa Soto: