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"I admit your (fraternity) Key had me guessing at first."
"I admit your (fraternity) Key had me guessing at first."

"I admit your (fraternity) Key had me guessing at first."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1937
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 16 7/8 × 13 1/4 in. (42.9 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 16 7/8 × 13 1/4 in. (42.9 × 33.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0624
"Right out of a clear sky she gave me a latch key. I had quite unwittingly, awakened her love."
"Right out of a clear sky she gave me a latch key. I had quite unwittingly, awakened her love."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."
Alan Dunn
1955
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."
"Wesley, I never really knew I had a soul until you got me a card to this place."
Alan Dunn
1931
"In the first place I don't like your diaphragm."
"In the first place I don't like your diaphragm."
Alan Dunn
1932
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Since the first of the year the museum has had a sponsor."
"Since the first of the year the museum has had a sponsor."
Alan Dunn
1939
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
Alan Dunn
1944
"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 just stand there, get the pass-key! I leaned over to pick up the papers and..."
"Don't just stand there, get the pass-key! I leaned over to pick up the papers and..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."
"I must say it'll be good to get back to Gramercy Park, where one has one's own key."
Alan Dunn
1963