IMAGE
"There could be a nuclear explosion!"
- Date
- 30 August 1976
- Reference
- C-171-054
- Description
Depicts the 'Maritime Unions' as an angry man jumping on an unexploded sea mine (labelled 'Old fashioned public patience'). The mine sits on the edge of a wharf and the man is pointing at a ship in the distance. Refers to the visit of the nuclear powered USS Truxtun to Wellington Harbour and subsequent strike action by maritime unions. The Port of Wellington was closed to all ships by the strike, including the inter-island ferries.
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - "There could be a nuclear explosion!" [in pencil]; Recto - bottom right - Minhinnick. [in ink]
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Felt pen, Letraset and pencil on paper, 390 x 520 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s] / Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[Thirteen original pencil and ink cartoons. 1975-1979]
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Cartoons (Commentary), Ink drawings, Felt pen, Letraset and pencil on paper, 390 x 520 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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