"He was all right when he first went to work, but he failed because he imagined himself bigger than the "Louise"."

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"He was all right when he first went to work, but he failed because he imagined himself bigger than the "Louise"."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1932

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon

DimensionsObject: 12 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (32.4 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (32.4 × 22.6 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0530

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"He didn't have any stamina. All of a sudden he went back to Toledo."

"He didn't have any stamina. All of a sudden he went back to Toledo."

Alan Dunn

1931

"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."

"Why don't you lovely people come and live with us?" he says to the Marples. That's when I first discovered he was tight."

Alan Dunn

1936

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

Mary Petty

1935

"He says he's come to give himself up."

"He says he's come to give himself up."

Alan Dunn

1942

"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."

"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."

Alan Dunn

1948

"A soldier wood not be serprised to wake up any morning and find himself in sopm part of the world he never heard of."

"A soldier wood not be serprised to wake up any morning and find himself in sopm part of the world he never heard of."

Alan Dunn

1942

"All right. Muskie's craggy, too, but I bet he never split rails."

"All right. Muskie's craggy, too, but I bet he never split rails."

Alan Dunn

1971

"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."

"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"I learned this stroke from Mayor O'Brien when he laid our cornerstone."

"I learned this stroke from Mayor O'Brien when he laid our cornerstone."

Alan Dunn

1933

"He said his first words today: "Get out of Vietnam!"

"He said his first words today: "Get out of Vietnam!"

Alan Dunn

circa 1966

"Oh, he married an actress and got a divorce - or maybe he didn't get a divorce - anyway, he married an actress."

"Oh, he married an actress and got a divorce - or maybe he didn't get a divorce - anyway, he married an actress."

Alan Dunn

1929

"He'll be right up, sir. He's looking for a place to park."

"He'll be right up, sir. He's looking for a place to park."

Alan Dunn

1939

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