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The difficulty involved in defining American architecture.
The difficulty involved in defining American architecture.

The difficulty involved in defining American architecture.

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1957
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 11 3/4 × 8 7/16 in. (29.8 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 7/16 in. (29.8 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2145
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
Alan Dunn
1944
Architecture was ill-prepared to cope with eyes that passed 50-60 miles per hour.
Architecture was ill-prepared to cope with eyes that passed 50-60 miles per hour.
Alan Dunn
1957
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Confidence that the stockholders will support us when they know the facts' ranks high among Famous Last Words in American Business."
"Confidence that the stockholders will support us when they know the facts' ranks high among Famous Last Words in American Business."
Alan Dunn
1955
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
Alan Dunn
1943
"Isn't it marvellous! He's been discovered by the American Tobacco Company!"
"Isn't it marvellous! He's been discovered by the American Tobacco Company!"
Alan Dunn
1943
"It isn't anti-American, lady. I talk that way to everybody."
"It isn't anti-American, lady. I talk that way to everybody."
Alan Dunn
1957
"I suppose in some neighborhoods you get nothing but the Journal American."
"I suppose in some neighborhoods you get nothing but the Journal American."
Alan Dunn
1944
No Caption (Road sign: You are entering the American Sector of Berlin)
No Caption (Road sign: You are entering the American Sector of Berlin)
Alan Dunn
1949
No caption (American soldiers in China watching flower-arranging show on TV)
No caption (American soldiers in China watching flower-arranging show on TV)
Alan Dunn
1949