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[All roads lead to Rome]
[All roads lead to Rome]

[All roads lead to Rome]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1943
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (19.1 x 29.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0888
"You are now on the celebrated Via Appia, oldest of the Roman consular roads. Started in 312 B.C. by Appius Claudius the Blind, it had it's beginning at the Porta Capena in the Servian Wall at Rome..."
"You are now on the celebrated Via Appia, oldest of the Roman consular roads. Started in 312 B.C. by Appius Claudius the Blind, it had it's beginning at the Porta Capena in the Servian Wall at Rome..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Is that right? No matter how I go in, I come out on the road to Rome."
"Is that right? No matter how I go in, I come out on the road to Rome."
Alan Dunn
1962
"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"
"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"
Alan Dunn
1955
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round." "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round." "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
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
"How long have you been commuting on the Long Island Rail Road?"
"How long have you been commuting on the Long Island Rail Road?"
Alan Dunn
1968
"It's Junior. He wonders if you can meet him near the bridge on Cold Ridge Road with a gallon of gasoline."
"It's Junior. He wonders if you can meet him near the bridge on Cold Ridge Road with a gallon of gasoline."
Alan Dunn
1942
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
"The guerilla activities near Nestoria have been suppressed with thirty million dollars in Greek aid, including tractors, other farm machinery, and a large shipment of road building equipment. The Communist inspired agitation in central Italy is being countered vigorously by the distribution of machine tools and twenty thousand long tons of cereals, mostly wheat. In Germany, we are bringing up foodstuffs..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Know what this road needs? Billboards."
"Know what this road needs? Billboards."
Alan Dunn
circa 1965
[Road sign: You are entering the American Sector of Berlin]
[Road sign: You are entering the American Sector of Berlin]
Alan Dunn
1949
[Soldier walking along road]
[Soldier walking along road]
Alan Dunn
20th century
[Road sign: "Please Fasten Your Seat Belts"]
[Road sign: "Please Fasten Your Seat Belts"]
Alan Dunn
1955