"See what I mean by Army red tape?"

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"See what I mean by Army red tape?"

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1938

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 13 × 13 3/4 in. (33 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 13 × 13 3/4 in. (33 × 34.9 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0659

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"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

Alan Dunn

1931

"He says we'll have to wait for the Fire Department. His hands are tied by red tape."

"He says we'll have to wait for the Fire Department. His hands are tied by red tape."

Alan Dunn

1935

"Can't I Kiss you without going through all this red tape?"

"Can't I Kiss you without going through all this red tape?"

Mary Petty

1935

"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."

"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."

Alan Dunn

1941

"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."

"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."

Alan Dunn

1963

"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."

"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."

Alan Dunn

1952

"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"

"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"

Alan Dunn

1964

"Oh, George, you weren't supposed to see that yet! It's what you're giving me for Christmas."

"Oh, George, you weren't supposed to see that yet! It's what you're giving me for Christmas."

Alan Dunn

1941

"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

Mary Petty

1934

"Of course you understand, Mr. Hawkes, when I say 'you' I mean the British Empire."

"Of course you understand, Mr. Hawkes, when I say 'you' I mean the British Empire."

Alan Dunn

1930

"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."

"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."

Alan Dunn

1941

"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."

"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."

Alan Dunn

1941

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