From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisana Governor Dave Treen christens a cement block labeled "New bridge cornerstone" and "Cost estimate $575 million." A large man wearing a construction helmet and labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen and former governor Edwin Edwards are dressed in baseball uniforms and stand facing each other on a baseball field. A large scoreboard is between them in...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is leading a horse labeled "New racing commission" along a race track. Behind Treen is a building with a pennant labeled "La. [Louisiana] racing." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen sits at his desk telling reporters, "February 1st I'm off and running for re-election." Outside a man [Edwin Edwards] in a polka dot suit runs by saying, "...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana gubernatorial candidates David Treen and Edwin Edwards look at each other from behind podiums under a banner that reads "Debate '83." Notes pages are on the podiums and...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Menachem Begin is building a platform on a wooden structure that extends outward from planet Earth. The earth is seen as a globe with latitude and longitude lines, and other planets in...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. On the left side, a man is a patient in a hospital bed that looks too small for his size, and he is surrounded by medical equipment. He is looking up and appears to be in distress. At...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev [?] sit in a car with their arms folded in a defiant pose. The car is stalled on railroad tracks and has been there for enough time to have cobwebs...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is turning his head left and right so fast he appears to have two faces. The U.S. Capitol dome is seen over one shoulder. Looking to the left, Reagan is saying, "Grant tax...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, dressed as a colonial, is labeled "U.S. deficit" on his vest. He stands beside a sign that reads, "Colonial Williamsburg welcomes 7-nation economic summit," and the...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, wearing a train engineer's cap, drives a long train, the engine of which is labeled "Recession line." George H. W. Bush, also wearing an engineer's cap, is in the engine...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Santa Claus flies a biplane and waves. A wreath is on the plane's rudder. The cartoon caption is "Merry Christmas," formed from the plane's exhaust.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Secretary of State George Schultz enters his office and is startled to see a very tall stack of papers in the "In" box on his desk. Sticking out of this stack of papers is one labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. A man wearing shirt and tie is reading the newspaper in his living room, and he appears displeased. He says, "Executive privilege...missing computer...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. On the left side, Ronald Reagan is dressed as Santa Claus. He rings a bell and says, “Ho, Ho, Ho.” Sound waves from the bell are labeled, “Pledge to...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two doors in a hallway are labeled "Mayor" and "Council." A box between the doors with illustrations of olive branch, dove, and flowers indicates peaceful communication between the two...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men dressed as railroad engineers are sitting on top of a railway car that is part of a longer train. The car, labeled "85-day regular session," is the next to last, followed by the...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men in business suits labeled "Commercial lenders" look at the signs of fast food shops that read "Ice cream 50 flavors...Kwicki-food...Burger beautiful." One man says to the other,...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled "Sales tax" and "Income tax" shout at each other on a street car in New Orleans. The streetcar is on a street under a night sky. An ornate street light has a sign that...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, dressed in an Army soldier's uniform, is descending stone steps into water that is up to his neck. The water is labeled "Mideast fray."
