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A mail-carrier is the most innocent-looking person in the world.
A mail-carrier is the most innocent-looking person in the world.

A mail-carrier is the most innocent-looking person in the world.

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 16 11/16 × 11 7/8 in. (42.4 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 16 11/16 × 11 7/8 in. (42.4 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2017
“She is hard to get along with lately even by mail.”
“She is hard to get along with lately even by mail.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
Alan Dunn
1969
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"The most common reason for a raider's success is management's unwillingness to put real time and money into the fight."
"The most common reason for a raider's success is management's unwillingness to put real time and money into the fight."
Alan Dunn
1955
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
Alan Dunn
1959
"It was the most unusual thin I ever saw, as huge, top-shaped vehicle with a gigantic monster inside."
"It was the most unusual thin I ever saw, as huge, top-shaped vehicle with a gigantic monster inside."
Alan Dunn
1962
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
Alan Dunn
1933
No caption (Fountain of the Planets, person with umbrella)
No caption (Fountain of the Planets, person with umbrella)
Alan Dunn
1964
"She's a perfect saint, but, of course, he's more of a person."
"She's a perfect saint, but, of course, he's more of a person."
Alan Dunn
1963
"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
"Incredible as it may seem to those of us who live in the world of anti-matter, a mirror image exists - the reverso of ourselves - which we can only call the world of matter."
"Incredible as it may seem to those of us who live in the world of anti-matter, a mirror image exists - the reverso of ourselves - which we can only call the world of matter."
Alan Dunn
c 1965