From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon sits at a table that is full of radio equipment and microphones. The largest machine is labeled, "Vietnam." He is reading from a sheet that is labeled, "Report to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the New Orleans mayor's office, large In and Out boxes are on the desk. OUtgoing mayor Moon Landrieu sits in the Out box reading a paper labeled, "Things to do...The bottom...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "State inventory of all movable property and equipment" makes notes on a clipboard that is labeled, "Savings for the taxpayer." This man is standing next to a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An American flag fills the cartoon image. An American soldier in uniform is in the imddle of the cartoon holding a large campaign button that reads, "Your support will be...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Hubert Humphrey picks flowers from the grassy areas inside a racetrack. On the ground are the words, "Convention delegates." He looks happily over his shoulder at two track...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in colonial dress representing Louisiana leans proudly on a rocket. The rocket has a map of Louisiana that is labeled, "Made in Louisiana at Michoud" and underneath the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards and a second man [commissioner of administration Charles Roemer?] are on a large mainframe computer they are using as a raft. Sharks circle the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen and President Richard Nixon are being shoved aside by the Supreme Court, which is depicted as a man in a suit labeled, "Desegregate now."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A very tall man dressed in a police uniform and holding a truncheon points to his badge which reads, "N.O. Police." Behind him, much smaller, are buildings of a city skyline....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A cow with an udder labeled "La. [Louisiana] milk prices" jumps over the moon. The earth is seen in the background, along with other planets and stars. The cartoon caption...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as the captain of a ship, stands at the helm of the "U.S.S. Economy." He is steering the ship between the tips of two icebergs labeled "Recession" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher.President Lyndon Johnson is reading a book titled "Budget figures for next fiscal year," with the aid of bifocals. Three bookmarks in the pages are labeled "Deficit." The bifocal...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter stands in the snow in front of an enormous St. Bernard dog that is labeled, "Inflation." Around the dog's neck hangs a huge barrel labeled, "Economic stimulus...$25...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in colonial dress representing New Orleans is sitting at a fortune teller's table. The fortune teller is looking into a crystal ball which has the words, "Start of 250th...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled, "A special tax raising legislative session" watches the pressure gauge on a boiler rise. The boiler is labeled, "Pressures for new revenues...$." Louisiana...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The background of the cartoon is the grid of a chart with an upward trend line that is labeled, "Cost of living index." At the lower end of the line is a man's leg with trousers...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Inside a large circle on a paper headed by the words, "General election ballot," Hubert Humphrey is shown trying to run while carrying an injured donkey on his back. The donkey...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An angry, snarling tiger labeled, "Communist aggression in Vietnam" is surrounded by speech bubbles with words from people outside the cartoon frame. The words are, "It's a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Five tall trees are each marked with a letter and together they spell, "Polls." Arrows on the trees are pointing in different directions; some are labeled, "Nixon would run...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. On the Texas side of the Texas/Louisiana border a man in Western clothing stands next to a sign with the words, "Everything's more stupendous in Texas." A cactus is in the...
