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TIME Magazine dated October 3, 1960
TIME Magazine, Vol. LXXVI No. 14, published October 3, 1960, features a caricature of Cold War Communist leaders on the cover; 88 pages. Original cost was twenty-five cents.The cover illustration features Nikita Khrushchev drawn as the leader of a gang, accompanied down a city street by a group of thugs in matching jackets and a diminutive figure of Fidel Castro, who appears to be tagging along. Khrushchev and the gang members are all wearing matching black and red jackets that have hammer and sickle logos and the name "East Side Rockets". A man in a trench coat leans against a railing in the middle ground on the left side of the image. "Herblock" is in the lower right corner; the customary signature for famed political cartoonist Herb Block.This image is not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of its creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum’s Reading Room.
TIME Magazine dated October 3, 1960
10/03/1960
Paper
11 3/16 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (28.4 × 21 × 0.3 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2018.041.0001
TIME Magazine dated October 3, 1960
TIME Magazine, Vol. LXXVI No. 14, published October 3, 1960, features a caricature of Cold War Communist leaders on the cover; 88 pages. Original cost was twenty-five cents.The cover illustration features Nikita Khrushchev drawn as the leader of a gang, accompanied down a city street by a group of thugs in matching jackets and a diminutive figure of Fidel Castro, who appears to be tagging along. Khrushchev and the gang members are all wearing matching black and red jackets that have hammer and sickle logos and the name "East Side Rockets". A man in a trench coat leans against a railing in the middle ground on the left side of the image. "Herblock" is in the lower right corner; the customary signature for famed political cartoonist Herb Block.This image is not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of its creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum’s Reading Room.
TIME Magazine dated October 3, 1960
10/03/1960
Magazines
Cold War
Satire
Political cartoons
Cartoon
Pop Culture
Castro, Fidel
Khrushchev, Nikita
TIME Magazine
New York
Paper
11 3/16 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (28.4 × 21 × 0.3 cm)
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
2018.041.0001