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"Well, obviously he didn't understand life or he wouldn't have committed suicide!"
"Well, obviously he didn't understand life or he wouldn't have committed suicide!"

"Well, obviously he didn't understand life or he wouldn't have committed suicide!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 5/8 × 13 7/16 in. (34.6 × 34.1 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 13 7/16 in. (34.6 × 34.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2016
"He didn't have any stamina. All of a sudden he went back to Toledo."
"He didn't have any stamina. All of a sudden he went back to Toledo."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Oh, I don't know. If we didn't have crime we wouldn't have Edgar Wallace and all that."
"Oh, I don't know. If we didn't have crime we wouldn't have Edgar Wallace and all that."
Alan Dunn
1931
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Oh, he married an actress and got a divorce - or maybe he didn't get a divorce - anyway, he married an actress."
"Oh, he married an actress and got a divorce - or maybe he didn't get a divorce - anyway, he married an actress."
Alan Dunn
1929
"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."
"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."
Alan Dunn
1937
"He says we'll have to wait for the Fire Department. His hands are tied by red tape."
"He says we'll have to wait for the Fire Department. His hands are tied by red tape."
Alan Dunn
1935
"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
"Well, she carried out her end of our suicide pack. Luckily, I was on Rocky Mountain Standard Time."
"Well, she carried out her end of our suicide pack. Luckily, I was on Rocky Mountain Standard Time."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"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