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"And, may I add, there are still a few desirable apartments available over the church, with free gas, electric refrigeration..."
"And, may I add, there are still a few desirable apartments available over the church, with free gas, electric refrigeration..."

"And, may I add, there are still a few desirable apartments available over the church, with free gas, electric refrigeration..."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1932
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 16 × 13 5/8 in. (40.6 × 34.6 cm) Sheet: 16 × 13 5/8 in. (40.6 × 34.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0529
No caption (sign at gas station: "...The Same Superoctane Gas Used By Our B29s...")
No caption (sign at gas station: "...The Same Superoctane Gas Used By Our B29s...")
Alan Dunn
1945
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
Alan Dunn
1960
"Oh Annie, you must come over and see our new apartment! And don't be surprised to find us living over a church."
"Oh Annie, you must come over and see our new apartment! And don't be surprised to find us living over a church."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
Alan Dunn
1945
"I see two rooms, bath and kitchenette in Queens, but it doesn't become available until next July."
"I see two rooms, bath and kitchenette in Queens, but it doesn't become available until next July."
Alan Dunn
1946
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
Alan Dunn
1964
"I must report, Comrades, that there is still no sign of an American depression. I'm beginning to fear this may be part of their anti-Soviet policy."
"I must report, Comrades, that there is still no sign of an American depression. I'm beginning to fear this may be part of their anti-Soviet policy."
Alan Dunn
1949
"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