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"Can the American Express guarantee that I won't be sterilized while passing through Germany?"
"Can the American Express guarantee that I won't be sterilized while passing through Germany?"

"Can the American Express guarantee that I won't be sterilized while passing through Germany?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1934
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (29.9 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 × 14 in. (44.5 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0559
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"I hope you won't mind my stopping here. I love to see the five - fifteen New York - Chicago bus go thundering through."
"I hope you won't mind my stopping here. I love to see the five - fifteen New York - Chicago bus go thundering through."
Alan Dunn
1935
"I can give you Samuel F. B. Morse, Mr. Wells, or Mr. Fargo right away, but there's a half hour's delay in getting through to Alexander Graham Bell."
"I can give you Samuel F. B. Morse, Mr. Wells, or Mr. Fargo right away, but there's a half hour's delay in getting through to Alexander Graham Bell."
Alan Dunn
1970
"The name "Love Nest" is your guarantee, Ma'am."
"The name "Love Nest" is your guarantee, Ma'am."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Now remember your signals! The date of the passing of Victorian culture in England is a forward pass!" [pub - "Now remember - the minute I give the date of Shelley's birth, Benton drops back for a kick."]
"Now remember your signals! The date of the passing of Victorian culture in England is a forward pass!" [pub - "Now remember - the minute I give the date of Shelley's birth, Benton drops back for a kick."]
Alan Dunn
1928
"And, of course, easy time payments can be arranged through our finance company."
"And, of course, easy time payments can be arranged through our finance company."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I figure we're a good two years ahead - America won't have brain-washing until 1957."
"I figure we're a good two years ahead - America won't have brain-washing until 1957."
Alan Dunn
1955
"I figure what Euripides doesn't know won't hurt him."
"I figure what Euripides doesn't know won't hurt him."
Alan Dunn
1963
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
Alan Dunn
1941
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Oh, Mamma, it doesnt express me at all!"
"Oh, Mamma, it doesnt express me at all!"
Alan Dunn
1926
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
Alan Dunn
1946