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"Barometer 1016. Tomorrow partly cloudy, occasional rain, easterly winds, not much change in temperature."
"Barometer 1016. Tomorrow partly cloudy, occasional rain, easterly winds, not much change in temperature."

"Barometer 1016. Tomorrow partly cloudy, occasional rain, easterly winds, not much change in temperature."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (24.8 × 32.4 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (24.8 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0812
"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."
"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Kuskus is to be eaten neatly with the fingers of the right hand, though it is advisable not to drink much liquid after eating it as the grain is only partly cooked and bloating will result" - U.S. Army Pocket Guide to North Africa.
"Kuskus is to be eaten neatly with the fingers of the right hand, though it is advisable not to drink much liquid after eating it as the grain is only partly cooked and bloating will result" - U.S. Army Pocket Guide to North Africa.
Alan Dunn
1943
"And now the weather forecast. Fair and warmer throughout southern New York, Connecticut and northern New Jersey, with occasional artificially induced showers in the metropolitan watershed area."
"And now the weather forecast. Fair and warmer throughout southern New York, Connecticut and northern New Jersey, with occasional artificially induced showers in the metropolitan watershed area."
Alan Dunn
1950
No caption ("The Home of Tomorrow" being assembled)
No caption ("The Home of Tomorrow" being assembled)
Alan Dunn
1944
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
Alan Dunn
1968
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
Alan Dunn
1969
No caption (sign change at LaVista Hotel - to Motel)
No caption (sign change at LaVista Hotel - to Motel)
Alan Dunn
1948
No caption (people on street corner waiting for light to change)
No caption (people on street corner waiting for light to change)
Alan Dunn
1958
No caption (The 4th Avenue lunch bar changes name-"No Rise in Prices!")
No caption (The 4th Avenue lunch bar changes name-"No Rise in Prices!")
Alan Dunn
1959
"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
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
Alan Dunn
1943