Photo, Print, Drawing Down the rabbit hole
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About this Item
Title
- Down the rabbit hole
Summary
- Editorial cartoon shows Alice of "Alice in Wonderland" falling down a large rabbit hole labeled "Underground Activities", at the bottom of which is a rabbit labeled "C.I.A." carrying a pick, and worriedly looking at its pocket watch. At the top of the hole, the foundations of two columns labeled "U.S. Credibility" and "Integrity of Schools and Foundations" are starting to crumble and fall into the hole.
Names
- Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist
Created / Published
- 2/16/1967.
Headings
- - United States.--Central Intelligence Agency
- - United States National Student Association
- - Student organizations--United States--1960-1970
- - Honesty--1960-1970
- - Deception--American--United States--1960-1970
- - Covert operations--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 1967": When the leftist magazine Ramparts revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had underwritten the National Student Association (NSA), Herblock used the literary metaphor of Alice in Wonderland, comparing the undercover activities to Alice's falling down the rabbit hole. The NSA, a progressive coalition of university students founded in 1947, became a front for the CIA until 1967. When former Director of Development Michael Wood revealed the relationship, he said, "The specter of CIA infiltration of domestic institutions and the covert creation of them must horrify those who regard unfettered debate as vital to representative democracy."
- - Title from item.
- - Signed "Herblock" on lower right.
- - Published in the Washington Post, February 2, 1967.
- - © 1967 Herblock.
- - Inscribed in pencil on upper left corner: 2-16-67.
- - Exhibited: "Herblock Looks at 1967 : Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., March - September 2017.
- - Forms part of: Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress).
Medium
- 1 drawing : India ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 55.8 x 37.9 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- BLOCK, no. 6739 (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 06739 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hlb.06739
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012637455
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-hlb-06739 (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