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"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."
"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."

"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1949
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (23.1 × 25.6 cm) Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (23.1 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1937
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
Alan Dunn
1954
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
Alan Dunn
1944
"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."
"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."
Alan Dunn
1954
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
Alan Dunn
1946
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"If you want to know what a quassar is. I'd say you've come to the wrong person."
"If you want to know what a quassar is. I'd say you've come to the wrong person."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
"Well, find out the gentleman's name and ask him what he wants."
Alan Dunn
1936