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"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day the Dow-Jones Industrial average broke eight hundred."
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day the Dow-Jones Industrial average broke eight hundred."

"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day the Dow-Jones Industrial average broke eight hundred."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1964
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (20.4 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (20.4 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1996
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
Alan Dunn
1964
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"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
"Didn't mother tell you to dance with Miss Jones?", "What, that adolescent?"
"Didn't mother tell you to dance with Miss Jones?", "What, that adolescent?"
Alan Dunn
1926
"Would you be interested to know that it broke all records for coast-to-coast flight?"
"Would you be interested to know that it broke all records for coast-to-coast flight?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"
"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"
Alan Dunn
1964
"Miss Jones, take a white paper on the Far East."
"Miss Jones, take a white paper on the Far East."
Alan Dunn
1968
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
Alan Dunn
1958
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"That's Dr. Jones, the famous horse-and-buggy doctor."
"That's Dr. Jones, the famous horse-and-buggy doctor."
Alan Dunn
1939
"I'd order a full case, dear. Christmas can be pretty grim, you know."
"I'd order a full case, dear. Christmas can be pretty grim, you know."
Alan Dunn
1941
"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