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

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

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1945
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 11 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (28.9 × 35.2 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (28.9 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0957
"Dear me, Sergeant! Didn't you get my note?"
"Dear me, Sergeant! Didn't you get my note?"
Alan Dunn
1940
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
Alan Dunn
1934
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
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
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"I think I'll have my coffee in my cell, if you don't mind."
"I think I'll have my coffee in my cell, if you don't mind."
Alan Dunn
1937
Image Not Available for "Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
"Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
Alan Dunn
1926
"My text this morning is taken from Paragraph 15 of the President's message in regard to Sunday driving."
"My text this morning is taken from Paragraph 15 of the President's message in regard to Sunday driving."
Alan Dunn
1973
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
"Do you know any place around here where I can get my car greased?"
Alan Dunn
1936
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
Alan Dunn
1967
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948