BIBFRAME Work

Title

"Pssst, wouldn't you rather bite into this lemon?"

Type

• Still Image
• Monograph

Contribution

Darcy, Tom Francis, 1932- (artist)

Subject

• Defense budgets--United States--1960-1970 (LCTGM)
• National security--United States--1960-1970 (LCTGM)
• Eve (Biblical figure) (LCNAF)
• Cartoons (Commentary)--American--1960-1970 (GMGPC)
• Adam (Biblical figure) (LCNAF)
• Ink drawings--American--1960-1970 (GMGPC)

Genre Form

• graphic

Language

• eng

Classification

LCC: Unprocessed PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item] (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• still image

Note

Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).

Summary

Cartoon shows an Adam and Eve scene in which a balding elderly man (labeled "Pentagon") offers a lemon (labeled "ABM System") to a voluptuous young woman (labeled "U.S."). Meanwhile, an apple labeled "Domestic Needs" hangs from a low branch. In 1969, the Nixon Administration proposed the building of an Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) system designed to protect American missile launch sites. Critics insisted that domestic needs including an effort to balance the budget were more important. Darcy cartooned for Newsday and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1977.

Authorized Access Point

Darcy, Tom Francis, 1932-. "Pssst, wouldn't you rather bite into this lemon?"

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:48:01.139995+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 13773986

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc