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"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."
"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."

"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1971
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (22.6 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (22.6 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1980
"Barometer 1016. Tomorrow partly cloudy, occasional rain, easterly winds, not much change in temperature."
"Barometer 1016. Tomorrow partly cloudy, occasional rain, easterly winds, not much change in temperature."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
Alan Dunn
1942
Architecture was ill-prepared to cope with eyes that passed 50-60 miles per hour.
Architecture was ill-prepared to cope with eyes that passed 50-60 miles per hour.
Alan Dunn
1957
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
Alan Dunn
1943
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"I can lick any man over fifty-five in the house!"
"I can lick any man over fifty-five in the house!"
Alan Dunn
1973
“Well anyhow, we landed at ____on the ___of ___ and now at ___ which is 90 miles from______.”
“Well anyhow, we landed at ____on the ___of ___ and now at ___ which is 90 miles from______.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"It must be definitive - it's five dollars."
"It must be definitive - it's five dollars."
Alan Dunn
1944
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
Alan Dunn
1948
Today Fair and Warmer. Maximum Temperature 72 Degrees.
Today Fair and Warmer. Maximum Temperature 72 Degrees.
Don Tobin
n.d.
"Gargoyles! Great guns, Mr. Sims, what do you expect for five million dollars!"
"Gargoyles! Great guns, Mr. Sims, what do you expect for five million dollars!"
Alan Dunn
1931
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966