Anonymous - KENNEDY

KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald – WANTED FOR TREASON (WANTED FOR TREASON) Two photographic portraits of President Kennedy (one facing forward and one in profile), a prominent large headline, and seven charges arranged in two columns, printed on pale pink paper. Protective red morocco case. A rare, highly polemical leaflet, written by Robert A. Surrey and clandestinely printed by an employee of a Dallas lithographic printing shop. According to later testimony given to the Warren Commission, approximately 5,000 copies of the leaflet were printed and distributed on the streets of Dallas, Texas, beginning a few days before Kennedy’s scheduled visit, which ended tragically with his assassination. A rare poster circulated in Dallas on the occasion of John F. Kennedy’s visit in November 1963. The poster bears the words “WANTED FOR TREASON” beneath two photographs of Kennedy, one facing forward and one in profile, and makes seven accusations against him, including “treason against the Constitution” and being “negligent in enforcing the laws on the registration of Communists.” The Warren Commission investigated the document and determined that a man named Surrey had had approximately 5,000 copies printed in leaflet format, but that Surrey had no connection to Oswald. Nevertheless, questions have persisted over time about possible links between the Dallas extremists associated with these leaflets and Oswald. Very few copies of the leaflets survive today, since the vast majority were destroyed before Kennedy’s assassination. Even fewer copies were printed in the large format, of which this is an example. The poster measures 74 × 58 cm and has the same content in Italian on the reverse. It shows some age-related foxing/staining and creases. There are small holes where the creases intersect. Overall, it is in fair condition. Unfolded dimensions: 73 × 57 cm. Folded into quarters; in very good condition. Large-format Italian version, printed in English and Italian on the front and back and distributed as a supplement to an Italian newspaper.

Estimation:150€

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