"General Dolby wants to know if you're running an apartment house or a deep freeze."

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"General Dolby wants to know if you're running an apartment house or a deep freeze."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1948

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.5 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2039

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"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."

"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."

Alan Dunn

1968

"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."

"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."

Alan Dunn

1943

"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."

"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."

"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."

Alan Dunn

1964

"If anyone wants to know, the big-bang theory of the universe is all right with me."

"If anyone wants to know, the big-bang theory of the universe is all right with me."

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"The postman wants to know how many Idle Enumeration blanks he should leave here, sir."

"The postman wants to know how many Idle Enumeration blanks he should leave here, sir."

Alan Dunn

1937

"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"

"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"

Alan Dunn

1957

"Oh, for heaven's sakes, you're only running for councilman!"

"Oh, for heaven's sakes, you're only running for councilman!"

Alan Dunn

1964

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."

"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."

Alan Dunn

1945

"A last minute hitch, Colonel. He wants pocket money."

"A last minute hitch, Colonel. He wants pocket money."

Alan Dunn

1957

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