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[Testing the water]
[Testing the water]

[Testing the water]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1945
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (19.1 x 29.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0945
"Testing...Nikita...Nikita...Nikita...testing...Nikita...Nikita..."
"Testing...Nikita...Nikita...Nikita...testing...Nikita...Nikita..."
Alan Dunn
1963
"1-2-3---Testing----1-2-3."
"1-2-3---Testing----1-2-3."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Now they say there is water on Mars!"
"Now they say there is water on Mars!"
Alan Dunn
1969
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Steward, what is that creature doing in club water?"
"Steward, what is that creature doing in club water?"
Alan Dunn
1954
"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."
"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."
Alan Dunn
1964
[Body of water with a flowting sign: "Danger Thin Ice"]
[Body of water with a flowting sign: "Danger Thin Ice"]
Alan Dunn
1946
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
Alan Dunn
circa 1965
[New York City Bureau of Water Supply meeting]
[New York City Bureau of Water Supply meeting]
Alan Dunn
circa 1965
["River View Inn" sign floating in flood water]
["River View Inn" sign floating in flood water]
Alan Dunn
1949
"There's boiling water, pumice, and steel wool in the washroom, in case you want to freshen up a bit before lunch."
"There's boiling water, pumice, and steel wool in the washroom, in case you want to freshen up a bit before lunch."
Alan Dunn
1941