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"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."

"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1971
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (24.3 × 29.3 cm) Sheet: 9 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (24.3 × 29.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1973
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"A trillion-dollar economy is all right with me, but will it buy happiness?"
Alan Dunn
1970
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"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."
Alan Dunn
1944
Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".
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Alan Dunn
c 1966
"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"
"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
Alan Dunn
1958
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
Alan Dunn
1968
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
Alan Dunn
1961
"It doesn't sound like uranium to me. It sounds like WJZ."
"It doesn't sound like uranium to me. It sounds like WJZ."
Alan Dunn
1949
"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
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
"Tell me, exactly how much is one million dollars in real money?"
Alan Dunn
1969