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"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."
"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."

"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 7/8 × 14 in. (35.2 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 × 14 in. (35.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0688
"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."
"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."
Alan Dunn
1949
"I see two rooms, bath and kitchenette in Queens, but it doesn't become available until next July."
"I see two rooms, bath and kitchenette in Queens, but it doesn't become available until next July."
Alan Dunn
1946
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."
"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."
Alan Dunn
1964
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
Alan Dunn
1941
"It was a nice little place with a charming, intimate atmosphere. I had a really superb pulet saute Marengo, potatos bordure...."
"It was a nice little place with a charming, intimate atmosphere. I had a really superb pulet saute Marengo, potatos bordure...."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
"Its a nice little retreat in the Adirondacks where the local power company has kilowatts running out of its ears."
Alan Dunn
1973
"We'd better get the big one- they have a stateroom with bath." [pub-"...they're going on the Leviathan."
"We'd better get the big one- they have a stateroom with bath." [pub-"...they're going on the Leviathan."
Alan Dunn
1928
"You might stress the fact that there is absolutely no charge for admission."
"You might stress the fact that there is absolutely no charge for admission."
Alan Dunn
1944
Great Fair Given at the City Assembly Rooms, New York, December, in Aid of the City Poor
Great Fair Given at the City Assembly Rooms, New York, December, in Aid of the City Poor
Winslow Homer
1861
Quiet Rooms!
Quiet Rooms!
Freida Savitz
1975