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"Sixteen hundred and forty-one pounds, including Mrs. Vaughn."
"Sixteen hundred and forty-one pounds, including Mrs. Vaughn."

"Sixteen hundred and forty-one pounds, including Mrs. Vaughn."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 8 11/16 × 13 3/4 in. (22 × 35 cm) Sheet: 8 11/16 × 13 3/4 in. (22 × 35 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0513
"Congratulations from a Lewis H. Pounds. Do we know a Lewis H. Pounds?"
"Congratulations from a Lewis H. Pounds. Do we know a Lewis H. Pounds?"
Alan Dunn
1932
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."
"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
Alan Dunn
1958
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
Alan Dunn
1927
"I also observed, during one of the parties in our honor, that the vodka jigger was two ounces, against our one and one-half, and that the alcohol proof was one hundred to our ninety."
"I also observed, during one of the parties in our honor, that the vodka jigger was two ounces, against our one and one-half, and that the alcohol proof was one hundred to our ninety."
Alan Dunn
1956
"Mr. and Mrs. Laird; the Cabots; Mrs. Percy Hartshorn, whom you may know; Mr. Drummond; Miss Delaney, and old lady Gibson."
"Mr. and Mrs. Laird; the Cabots; Mrs. Percy Hartshorn, whom you may know; Mr. Drummond; Miss Delaney, and old lady Gibson."
Alan Dunn
1932
"All right, darling, you may fire one fusillade at Mr. and Mrs. Smalley and then you must go to bed."
"All right, darling, you may fire one fusillade at Mr. and Mrs. Smalley and then you must go to bed."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Irma, I want you to meet Mrs. Rush. Mrs. Rush has a very successful compost pit."
"Irma, I want you to meet Mrs. Rush. Mrs. Rush has a very successful compost pit."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Just a minute - that isn't much fun for Mrs. Mayhew. Mr. Mayhew, will you sit over here, please?"
"Just a minute - that isn't much fun for Mrs. Mayhew. Mr. Mayhew, will you sit over here, please?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
Alan Dunn
1948