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"I'm afraid I'll have to pin a violation on this building - baby carriages in hall - "
"I'm afraid I'll have to pin a violation on this building - baby carriages in hall - "

"I'm afraid I'll have to pin a violation on this building - baby carriages in hall - "

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1948
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2050
"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."
"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."
Alan Dunn
1945
"I'm afraid, Miss Woods, we'll have to discharge you. The president is getting a machine to take your place."
"I'm afraid, Miss Woods, we'll have to discharge you. The president is getting a machine to take your place."
Alan Dunn
1930
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
Alan Dunn
1970
"I'll be right down. I'm just putting on my hat."
"I'll be right down. I'm just putting on my hat."
Alan Dunn
1946
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."
"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."
"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."
Alan Dunn
1926
"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."
"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]
"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]
Alan Dunn
1929
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
Alan Dunn
1967