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The Steel Industry shifted from a twelve to an eight-hour day.
The Steel Industry shifted from a twelve to an eight-hour day.

The Steel Industry shifted from a twelve to an eight-hour day.

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1959
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 5 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (14.8 × 19 cm) Sheet: 5 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (14.8 × 19 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2032
"What a dreadful twelve days! Not a bus or a subway was running, taxis were impossible, and if I wanted to go anywhere I had to walk!"
"What a dreadful twelve days! Not a bus or a subway was running, taxis were impossible, and if I wanted to go anywhere I had to walk!"
Alan Dunn
c1966
"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."
Alan Dunn
1964
"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
"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."
"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Look here! Holding the line on prices for structural steel isn't the same thing as twenty cents for cup custard."
"Look here! Holding the line on prices for structural steel isn't the same thing as twenty cents for cup custard."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
Do you want our 24 hour service which takes 2 days or our quickie one hour service which takes four hours?
Do you want our 24 hour service which takes 2 days or our quickie one hour service which takes four hours?
Joseph G. Farris
1962
"Ten...Nine...Eight...Seven...Six..."
"Ten...Nine...Eight...Seven...Six..."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Ten-nine-eight-seven-hold it!"
"Ten-nine-eight-seven-hold it!"
Alan Dunn
1957
"...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
"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
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
Alan Dunn
1946
"There's boiling water, pumice, and steel wool in the washroom, in case you want to freshen up a bit before lunch."
"There's boiling water, pumice, and steel wool in the washroom, in case you want to freshen up a bit before lunch."
Alan Dunn
1941