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"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"
"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"

"I wouldn't write a check to a Chinese laundry if I were you - what will the bank think?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink wash
DimensionsObject: 8 1/2 × 11 3/16 in. (21.6 × 28.4 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 3/16 in. (21.6 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1857
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
"I think I have the answer to your Buzzards Bay problem."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1933
"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
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"I assure you, Madam, our responsibility don't end with installin' the tub. Our aim is to see that you get a thoroughly good bath."
"I assure you, Madam, our responsibility don't end with installin' the tub. Our aim is to see that you get a thoroughly good bath."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"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
"I hear you fellows are going to raise the phone rates."
"I hear you fellows are going to raise the phone rates."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
n.d.
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1932
"The new planet has changed everything. I have to alter your encounter with a dark woman to a capacity for hard, arduous work."
"The new planet has changed everything. I have to alter your encounter with a dark woman to a capacity for hard, arduous work."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"Just one more chapter, sir, and I promise I'll go to bed."
"Just one more chapter, sir, and I promise I'll go to bed."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
No caption (laundry hung between tall buildings)
No caption (laundry hung between tall buildings)
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
20th
"Are you my roofing - problem man?"
"Are you my roofing - problem man?"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930