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[Car being towed]
[Car being towed]

[Car being towed]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1949
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (19 x 34.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1910
"There don't seem to be no branch of fighting witch I am not being trained in."
"There don't seem to be no branch of fighting witch I am not being trained in."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Oh, after a time y'don't mind being in the limelight this way."
"Oh, after a time y'don't mind being in the limelight this way."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
Alan Dunn
1950
"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
"Have you ever thought of being thrown open to charity?"
"Have you ever thought of being thrown open to charity?"
Alan Dunn
1961
"There'll be time enough to worry about being photogenic if and when the damn thing gets here."
"There'll be time enough to worry about being photogenic if and when the damn thing gets here."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"You must meet Mr. Mapes. He's being audited too."
"You must meet Mr. Mapes. He's being audited too."
Alan Dunn
1973
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
"Who do I see about being converted to defense work?"
"Who do I see about being converted to defense work?"
Alan Dunn
1942
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"...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
[A park being made between two buildings]
[A park being made between two buildings]
Alan Dunn
circa 1966