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Creation Date
1-23-1971
Description
An editorial cartoon by John R. Fischetti for the Chicago Daily News illustrating Richard Nixon reading his State of the Union Address at a podium, while wearing a fireman's outfit and holding a water hose; behind Nixon is full of smoke clouds and flames with the words "Domestic Needs" written across them.
This item is part of the John R. Fischetti collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact archives@colum.edu for more information and to view the collection.
Recommended Citation
Fischetti, John, ""A funny thing happened to me on my way to a fire in Southeast Asia..."" (1971). Editorial Cartoons. 15.
https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cartoons/15
Keywords
Richard M. Nixon, Vietnam War, editorial cartoons, drawings (visual works), pens (drawing and writing), drawing paper