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"Now here's a fireplace that really works--it takes AC or DC and has a built in radio."
"Now here's a fireplace that really works--it takes AC or DC and has a built in radio."

"Now here's a fireplace that really works--it takes AC or DC and has a built in radio."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 11 1/2 × 12 in. (29.2 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 12 in. (29.2 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0796
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
Alan Dunn
1956
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
"Siena, elevation 1,050 feet, 52,652 inhabitants, situated on three hills between the Arbia and the Elsa is after Florence, the Tuscan town most rich in works of art and the one which, of all Italian towns, has best conserved the spirit and appearance of the Middle Ages. Siena was first an Etruscan..."
Alan Dunn
1959
"We think Marcel Breuer really has it licked now."
"We think Marcel Breuer really has it licked now."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."
"Sir, I think Corporal Smith here has a suggestion which might facilitate our retreat."
Alan Dunn
1940
"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
"Now would that be the Ohio Valley?" [small WPA sign that has come loose]
"Now would that be the Ohio Valley?" [small WPA sign that has come loose]
Alan Dunn
1939
"The new planet has changed everything. I have to alter your encounter with a dark woman to a capacity for hard, arduous work."
"The new planet has changed everything. I have to alter your encounter with a dark woman to a capacity for hard, arduous work."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
The open-door policy: Heaven help the employee who takes it too seriously.
The open-door policy: Heaven help the employee who takes it too seriously.
Alan Dunn
1957
"if I ever get outnumbered by a Pantzer Division I hope the pursoot takes place downhill."
"if I ever get outnumbered by a Pantzer Division I hope the pursoot takes place downhill."
Alan Dunn
1941
"And, of course, if the world situation takes a brighter turn, I still have a mushroom cellar."
"And, of course, if the world situation takes a brighter turn, I still have a mushroom cellar."
Alan Dunn
1961
"The new senator takes his job seriously, doesn't he?"
"The new senator takes his job seriously, doesn't he?"
Alan Dunn
1938
"Listen here, United Electric, my radio is for alternating current - do you know you're supplying me with direct current!"
"Listen here, United Electric, my radio is for alternating current - do you know you're supplying me with direct current!"
Alan Dunn
1929