"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"

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"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1944

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 9 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (23.8 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (23.8 × 28.9 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0919

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I have a message for you here somewhere, sir, from field headquarters."

I have a message for you here somewhere, sir, from field headquarters."

Alan Dunn

1943

"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."

"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."

Alan Dunn

1943

"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."

"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."

Kindl (Alan Dunn)

1931

"Sir, this is your official car."

"Sir, this is your official car."

Alan Dunn

1974

"Now you don't want to let Hoover's Message lull you into a false sense of security."

"Now you don't want to let Hoover's Message lull you into a false sense of security."

Alan Dunn

1931

"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."

"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"My dear child! You don't want a divorce just yet - wait until the right man comes along."

"My dear child! You don't want a divorce just yet - wait until the right man comes along."

Alan Dunn

1930

"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."

"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."

Alan Dunn

1941

"I was beginning to think you didn't get my message."

"I was beginning to think you didn't get my message."

Alan Dunn

1945

"Now you don't want to concentrate all the interest in the front, you know."

"Now you don't want to concentrate all the interest in the front, you know."

Alan Dunn

1931

"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."

"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."

Alan Dunn

1928

"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"

"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"

Alan Dunn

1927

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