About This Item

  • TitleZippo's Raiders, Captain Lee.
  • Call NumberVETS_0044
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCollage, 25 x 23 inches, with drawing of Zippo lighter and text: Find 'em, fix 'am, fight 'em. Artwork created in New York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program, led by Beryl Brenner. Project: Visions of vets, 2009, referencing the theme: Who is an American veteran? Artwork was displayed at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center. Exhibition label: Zippo’s Raiders: Captain Lee by Ali Chumagali. Mr. Chumagali states “in Vietnam, the Zippos was a tool to erase thoughts of the enemy and their existence. It was provided as a common tool for all American troops.” Just like the dog tags in some of the other artworks, the Zippo is a universally recognizable symbol. It would be familiar to all Vietnam vets who served “in country.”
  • Date2008
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorChumagali, Ali
  • SubjectVietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; Veterans--United States ; Cigar lighters
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program