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"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"

"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 10 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (27.3 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (27.3 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0563
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"You couldn't find any use for a map of Hartford in 1631, now, could you?"
"You couldn't find any use for a map of Hartford in 1631, now, could you?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
Alan Dunn
1934
"My dear, I congratulate you - tha't a very intelligent use of Louis the Fifteenth."
"My dear, I congratulate you - tha't a very intelligent use of Louis the Fifteenth."
Alan Dunn
1932
"I've done what I could, Mattie. You can learn him but he don't retain"
"I've done what I could, Mattie. You can learn him but he don't retain"
Alan Dunn
1927
"Could I wash my hands while you compound my interest?"
"Could I wash my hands while you compound my interest?"
Alan Dunn
1937
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"
"Wouldn't you think there'd be a place between the first and second centuries where we could rest our feet?"
Alan Dunn
1958
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941