Item 42 - Clutching at straws

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LDG/1/1/42

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Clutching at straws

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  • [1970s] (Creation)

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1 cartoon

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Cartoon shows a hand reaching up from a city covered in dense smog towards a hill covered in luscious vegetation.

It is likely that the cartoon is a comment on air pollution and was produced in the early 1970s when there was an increasing awareness of environmental issues and the international environmental movement was gathering increasing support.

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      LDG/1/1 (A)

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