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"Please dear - I know all about it's being Flag Day, but don't drink anymore!"
"Please dear - I know all about it's being Flag Day, but don't drink anymore!"

"Please dear - I know all about it's being Flag Day, but don't drink anymore!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 9 3/16 × 12 3/16 in. (23.3 × 31 cm) Sheet: 9 3/16 × 12 3/16 in. (23.3 × 31 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1819
"I didn't know people wore muffs anymore, Mamma.", "Hush, child - they don't".
"I didn't know people wore muffs anymore, Mamma.", "Hush, child - they don't".
Alan Dunn
1927
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
Alan Dunn
1928
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
Alan Dunn
1967
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
Alan Dunn
1928
"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
"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
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."
"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."
Mary Petty
1931
"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
"And oh! The sweetest little pills! Three times a day in water - or was it six times? - I don't know. Anyway, I've got a rundown condition and an awful lot to talk with you about."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."
"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."
Alan Dunn
1941
"...and don't believe that stuff about this being a machine war as I have never seen so much walking done in peace or war."
"...and don't believe that stuff about this being a machine war as I have never seen so much walking done in peace or war."
Alan Dunn
1941
Caption: “Maybe it’s part of the ‘New Maturity’, but you don’t see grownups on those damn scooters anymore.”
Caption: “Maybe it’s part of the ‘New Maturity’, but you don’t see grownups on those damn scooters anymore.”
Robert Mankoff
2001