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"It rode the hurricane all right, but a taxi got it coming across Forty-Second Street."
"It rode the hurricane all right, but a taxi got it coming across Forty-Second Street."

"It rode the hurricane all right, but a taxi got it coming across Forty-Second Street."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 6 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (15.9 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 6 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (15.9 × 34.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0664B
"It rode the hurricane all right, but a taxi got it coming across Forty-Second Street."
"It rode the hurricane all right, but a taxi got it coming across Forty-Second Street."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."
"Then turn west from Second Avenue into Forty-ninth Street. About a hundred feet west of Fifth, you'll come to Rockefeller Plaza. They'll know."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Listen, Eth - I got to go - will you take this forty-six but forty-nine hip for me?"
"Listen, Eth - I got to go - will you take this forty-six but forty-nine hip for me?"
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1929
"Oh, we're coming along. We've got everything now but the roof and one wall unit."
"Oh, we're coming along. We've got everything now but the roof and one wall unit."
Alan Dunn
1947
No caption (tank and taxi on street in France).
No caption (tank and taxi on street in France).
Alan Dunn
20th
"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
"Funny gritting cards? Yez Mam, we got funny gritting cards. O, yez mam- all day lung am I in convulzions in mine own store!"
"Funny gritting cards? Yez Mam, we got funny gritting cards. O, yez mam- all day lung am I in convulzions in mine own store!"
Alan Dunn
1927
"They've simplified it. All you've got to remember is..."
"They've simplified it. All you've got to remember is..."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
"Personally, I don't see any reason to be afraid of another depression, not with all the know-how we've got."
Alan Dunn
1947
No caption (De Luxe Taxi)
No caption (De Luxe Taxi)
Alan Dunn
1944
No caption (Off-duty taxi passing man stranded in desert)
No caption (Off-duty taxi passing man stranded in desert)
Alan Dunn
1962