Jun 12 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2708 -

Sale 2708 - Lot 167

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(PRESIDENTS--1968 AND 1972 CAMPAIGNS.) Posters from the Humphrey, McCarthy, and McGovern campaigns, plus the Communists and Socialists. 22 items (20 posters and 2 manuscript caricatures), various sizes; printed on paper with minimal wear except as noted. Various places, 1968 and 1972

Additional Details

From 1968:

"United with Humphrey." 35 x 20 inches, minor wear.

"Montana, the Humphrey State!" 24 x 28 inches, printed on card.

"Humphrey & Muskie." 24 x 28 inches, printed on card.

"Illinois for HHH Humphrey." 22 x 14 inches, printed on card. No place: Progress Printing.

"HHH Hubert Humphrey." 22 x 14 inches, printed on card. No place: Progress Printing.

"For a United States of America. Humphrey & Muskie. Top Lever." 11 x 42 inches, on card. Hartford, CT: Democratic State Central Committee.

"For a Great President, Humphrey. For a Great Vice President, Muskie." 24 x 36 inches on card, minor wear.

"We Will Win." 22 x 14 inches, mounting tape on recto. Hand-colored pen and ink caricature of Humphrey.

"I Won't Debate, It's Not Fair! How Can He When He Has No Answers. Let's Get Rid of Him, This Time For Good." 22 x 14 inches, mounting tape on recto. Hand-colored pen and ink caricature of Nixon.

"McCarthy, Arriba! for President 1968." 17 x 11 inches, minor wear on top edge, tack holes.

"Fed Up? Vote Communist! Charlene Mitchell for President." 22 x 16¼ inches, folds.

"Bring the GIs Home How. The Enemy is at Home. . . . Vote Socialist Workers in 68." 17¼ x 22¼ inches, lacking part of one corner. New York: Young Socialists for Halstead and Boutelle.

"You Like to Hear Them Yelp." Image of Lyndon Baines Johnson. 22 x 15 inches, horizontal fold, moderate wear, staple holes. Washington: Republican National Committee.


From 1972:

"Vote McGovern Today." 14 x 22 inches.

"McGovern / Shriver. Democrats, 2nd Lever." 20 x 13 inches. Hartford, CT: McGovern for President Connecticut Committee.

"With a Little Help from our Friends . . . In 1972, We Do Have a Choice." 20 x 14 inches. Hartford, CT: McGovern for President Connecticut Committee.

"Come Home America. Vote McGovern / Shriver" (2 copies). 17½ x 11½ inches on card. Mount Vernon, NY: Oleet & Co.

"America First, McGovern." 18 x 12 inches on card, with art by Norman Rockwell.

"Sen. Ted Kennedy Introduces Sen. George McGovern to Waterbury, Conn." 14 September [1972]. 37¾ x 25 inches, folds.

"Save Rural Pennsylvania. McGovern Cares!" 42 x 58 inches, folds, minor edge wear, tack holes.

"Vote McGovern Shriver, the Farmer's Voice." 17¾ x 17¾ inches, on card.