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"Of all the remote, dismal places to spend Christmas! He's in Palestine!"
"Of all the remote, dismal places to spend Christmas! He's in Palestine!"

"Of all the remote, dismal places to spend Christmas! He's in Palestine!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1944
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 11 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (28.6 × 29.9 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (28.6 × 29.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0940
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Too bad! In all other respects, he's as good a secret service man as she could ask for."
"Too bad! In all other respects, he's as good a secret service man as she could ask for."
Alan Dunn
1963
"He'll be right up, sir. He's looking for a place to park."
"He'll be right up, sir. He's looking for a place to park."
Alan Dunn
1939
Image Not Available for "Go ask LaGuardia if he knows where last year's Christmas ornaments are."
"Go ask LaGuardia if he knows where last year's Christmas ornaments are."
Alan Dunn
1938
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Alan Dunn
1959
"Oh, Please! Two tickets for 'Jesus Christ Superstar', just to help make Christmas Christmas."
"Oh, Please! Two tickets for 'Jesus Christ Superstar', just to help make Christmas Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1971
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
Alan Dunn
1968
"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."
"He's a pretty f[s]ly customer, chief - no obvious tieups with any of the Communist front organizations - but we finally hung it on him. From November, 1944, until April, 1946, he was in the State Department."
Alan Dunn
1950
"He says he's come to give himself up."
"He says he's come to give himself up."
Alan Dunn
1942