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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.

Architecture was ill-prepared to cope with eyes that passed 50-60 miles per hour.

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1957
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 6 9/16 × 11 1/8 in. (16.7 × 28.3 cm) Sheet: 6 9/16 × 11 1/8 in. (16.7 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2148
"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."
"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."
Alan Dunn
1971
“Well anyhow, we landed at ____on the ___of ___ and now at ___ which is 90 miles from______.”
“Well anyhow, we landed at ____on the ___of ___ and now at ___ which is 90 miles from______.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Well, if you aren't a sight for sore eyes!"
"Well, if you aren't a sight for sore eyes!"
Alan Dunn
1970
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."
"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."
Alan Dunn
1973
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
On, on, on, over the countless miles of angry space roll the long heaving billows.
On, on, on, over the countless miles of angry space roll the long heaving billows.
Mary Petty
1947
The difficulty involved in defining American architecture.
The difficulty involved in defining American architecture.
Alan Dunn
1957