Cartoon drawn by Art Wood for the Richmond News Leader [graphic], circa 1953-1959.

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Cartoon drawn by Art Wood for the Richmond News Leader [graphic], circa 1953-1959.

Cartoon depicts President Eisenhower reviewing his plan for the economy including the Congressional boost in Air Force-Marine funds. It is inscribed "To my good friend Mitch-With all the Best-Art Wood, Richmond News Leader." Art Wood Cartoon of President Eisenhower, 1953-1959, Accession #5235-b, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Wood, Art, 1927-

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