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[Soldier and friends at home on leave]
[Soldier and friends at home on leave]

[Soldier and friends at home on leave]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1945
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 7 15/16 x 11 3/4 in. (20.1 x 29.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2218
"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
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
Alan Dunn
1954
"I have no real friends - only people that amuse me."
"I have no real friends - only people that amuse me."
Alan Dunn
1931
Image Not Available for "It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
"It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
Alan Dunn
1928
" - and the wonderful part of it is that now our own friends aren't deprived of knowing Baby as we know her."
" - and the wonderful part of it is that now our own friends aren't deprived of knowing Baby as we know her."
Alan Dunn
1927
[Soldier kissing floor of home's front porch]
[Soldier kissing floor of home's front porch]
Alan Dunn
1945
[Soldier returning home to house covered with flags and banners]
[Soldier returning home to house covered with flags and banners]
Alan Dunn
1945
[Soldier returning home to wealthy family]
[Soldier returning home to wealthy family]
Alan Dunn
1945
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"
Mary Petty
1937
"My friends...let us contemplate existence."
"My friends...let us contemplate existence."
Mary Petty
1947
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
Carl Kindl
1930