[Robbery hold-up]

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[Robbery hold-up]

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date20th century

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumCrayon and ink

DimensionsSheet: 6 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. (15.6 x 14.6 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2137

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"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"

"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"

Alan Dunn

1946

"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."

"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."

Alan Dunn

1968

"Ten-nine-eight-seven-hold it!"

"Ten-nine-eight-seven-hold it!"

Alan Dunn

1957

"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."

"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."

Alan Dunn

1939

"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"

"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"

Alan Dunn

1930

"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

"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."

"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."

Alan Dunn

1957

"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."

"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."

Alan Dunn

1942

"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."

"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."

Alan Dunn

1968

"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."

"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."

Alan Dunn

1955

"Just one more thing and I'll shut up about it. If the franc topples, do we topple with it?"

"Just one more thing and I'll shut up about it. If the franc topples, do we topple with it?"

Alan Dunn

1969

“If you are not careful he will show up in his theatre uniform and tell you he is an admiral.”

“If you are not careful he will show up in his theatre uniform and tell you he is an admiral.”

Alan Dunn

1942

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