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[In the elevator]

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1945
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 8 x 7 3/8 in. (20.3 x 18.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0997A
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[Christmas wishes from elevator maintenance men]
[Christmas wishes from elevator maintenance men]
Alan Dunn
1956
"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
[Christmas wreath around elevator buttons]
[Christmas wreath around elevator buttons]
Alan Dunn
1950
[Woman using umbrella to try to hurry elevator]
[Woman using umbrella to try to hurry elevator]
Alan Dunn
1951
[In the elevator]
[In the elevator]
Alan Dunn
1945
[Woman opening can of spam]
[Woman opening can of spam]
Alan Dunn
1945
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
"One of McAuliffe's boys - He wants his loan to start a nut shop."
Alan Dunn
1945
[Soldier putting army memorabilia around living room]
[Soldier putting army memorabilia around living room]
Alan Dunn
1945
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
Alan Dunn
1956
[Vertical "China" at the UN]
[Vertical "China" at the UN]
Alan Dunn
1946
"Say something nice to Nora - Her son's a captain in the Air Force."
"Say something nice to Nora - Her son's a captain in the Air Force."
Alan Dunn
1945
[Firemen hats checked at hotel fire]
[Firemen hats checked at hotel fire]
Alan Dunn
1946
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