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"Don't you see, Metcalf, you're missing the best part of the day."
"Don't you see, Metcalf, you're missing the best part of the day."

"Don't you see, Metcalf, you're missing the best part of the day."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 3/8 × 13 in. (34 × 33 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 13 in. (34 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0786
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"But don't you understand? You're a bear and you've been cornered by the bulls."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Don't you think you're taking the Truth-in-Lending Act too hard?"
"Don't you think you're taking the Truth-in-Lending Act too hard?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
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"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"Oh Annie, you must come over and see our new apartment! And don't be surprised to find us living over a church."
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"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
Alan Dunn
1960
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
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1957
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
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