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"But you can't put that thing up there."
"But you can't put that thing up there."

"But you can't put that thing up there."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 12 × 12 1/2 in. (30.5 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 12 × 12 1/2 in. (30.5 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0840
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."
"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
"According to the figures, one thing is clear. I can't live on my salary."
"According to the figures, one thing is clear. I can't live on my salary."
Alan Dunn
1959
"Well, her marriage was broken up by an architect, but you really can't blame any one architect."
"Well, her marriage was broken up by an architect, but you really can't blame any one architect."
Alan Dunn
1931
"While we're at it, we might as well put up a couple more for Japan and Outer Mongolia just in case."
"While we're at it, we might as well put up a couple more for Japan and Outer Mongolia just in case."
Alan Dunn
1956
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
Alan Dunn
1942
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
Alan Dunn
1941
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."
"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
Alan Dunn
1944
"It's getting icy, Ed. You better hop out and put the chains on."
"It's getting icy, Ed. You better hop out and put the chains on."
Alan Dunn
1938