Photo, Print, Drawing "Departmental practice" / Herblock.
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Title
- "Departmental practice" / Herblock.
Summary
- Editorial cartoon drawing shows two men, one labeled "J. Edgar Hoover", and the other labeled "Attorneys General of the United States", seen from behind, squatting on the floor with a tape recorder labeled "Bugging and Wiretapping"; pages have been torn from an open book lying on the floor, the "Attorneys General" tosses them into a wastepaper basket, one page is labeled "Federal and State Laws".
Names
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist
Created / Published
- 7/15/1966.
Headings
- - Hoover, J. Edgar--(John Edgar),--1895-1972
- - United States.--Attorney-General--1960-1970
- - United States.--Department of Justice--1960-1970
- - United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation--1960-1970
- - Electronic surveillance--United States--1960-1970
- - Law enforcement--United States--1960-1970
- - Sound recordings--United States--1960-1970
- - Spies--United States--1960-1970
Headings
- Drawings--American--1960-1970.
- Editorial cartoons--American--1960-1970.
Genre
- Editorial cartoons--American--1960-1970
- Drawings--American--1960-1970
Notes
- - Caption label from exhibit "Herblock Looks at 1966": While in this cartoon Herblock identified J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, he also implicated former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and his successor, Nicholas Katzenbach (1922-2012), in flaunting the laws of the United States by permitting the use of illegal electronic surveillance in investigations. The FBI had been required, since 1940, to obtain permission from the Office of the Attorney General office to conduct wiretapping. Herblock wrote, "Wiretapping and bugging have amounted to major weapons not so much against crime as against privacy."
- - Title from item.
- - Signed "Herblock" lower left.
- - Published in the Washington Post, July 15, 1966.
- - Copyright, 1966, by Herblock.
- - Inscribed in pencil at top left: 7-15-66.
- - Forms part of: Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress).
- - Exhibited: "Herblock Looks at 1966 : Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 2016 - March 2017.
Medium
- 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 57.3 x 38.2 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- BLOCK, no. 6590 (BB size)
Source Collection
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001. Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- hlb 06590 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hlb.06590
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012637336
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-hlb-06590 (digital file from original drawing)
Rights Advisory
- Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/271_herb.html
Online Format
- image