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"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."

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

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1933
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 15 1/16 × 11 5/8 in. (38.3 × 29.5 cm) Sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 5/8 in. (38.3 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1888
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Alan Dunn
1959
"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
"Gentlemen! I don't think this is what Mayor Lindsay meant by a dialogue."
"Gentlemen! I don't think this is what Mayor Lindsay meant by a dialogue."
Alan Dunn
1966
"It's our Oliver, calling from Wesleyan. He wants a greater voice in something."
"It's our Oliver, calling from Wesleyan. He wants a greater voice in something."
Alan Dunn
1967
"He was all right when he first went to work, but he failed because he imagined himself bigger than the "Louise"."
"He was all right when he first went to work, but he failed because he imagined himself bigger than the "Louise"."
Alan Dunn
1932
"He isn't really ours. He was left on our doorstep by some passing yacht."
"He isn't really ours. He was left on our doorstep by some passing yacht."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Our love had just risen into the realms of pure poetry when the neighbors started knocking on the walls."
"Our love had just risen into the realms of pure poetry when the neighbors started knocking on the walls."
Alan Dunn
1933
"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
"...more, even, than mere emissary. Perhaps I should call this man the ambassador of good will from our western distributors of Glyco Products."
"...more, even, than mere emissary. Perhaps I should call this man the ambassador of good will from our western distributors of Glyco Products."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Chase Manhattan has to draw the line somewhere, Mr. Mayor!"
"Chase Manhattan has to draw the line somewhere, Mr. Mayor!"
Alan Dunn
1966
"You can sense the change of Mayors in the soup."
"You can sense the change of Mayors in the soup."
Alan Dunn
1932
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970