"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."

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"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1954

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 6 3/4 × 9 in. (17.1 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 in. (17.1 × 22.9 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.2187

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"I've been polishing that Siamese for ten years for just such an occasion -."

"I've been polishing that Siamese for ten years for just such an occasion -."

Alan Dunn

1948

"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "

"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "

Alan Dunn

1956

"I figure it would take a million astronauts ten million years to move us, stone by stone, to Planet Earth."

"I figure it would take a million astronauts ten million years to move us, stone by stone, to Planet Earth."

Alan Dunn

1970

"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

Alan Dunn

1941

"Reminds me of the old Wanamaker's."

"Reminds me of the old Wanamaker's."

Alan Dunn

1959

"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."

"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"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

"Say, what did this auto company use to make?"

"Say, what did this auto company use to make?"

Alan Dunn

1945

"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."

"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."

Alan Dunn

1949

"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"

"A few years ago a contribution of a hundred thousand dollars would have been a cinch ...How's that for inflation?"

Mary Petty

1944

"And do you, Rodney, aver that you are not and never have been a member of the Communist Party?"

"And do you, Rodney, aver that you are not and never have been a member of the Communist Party?"

Alan Dunn

1947

"twenty of ten.", "nine twenty-two.", "I make it 9:32."

"twenty of ten.", "nine twenty-two.", "I make it 9:32."

Alan Dunn

1948

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