[Sign: Dynamite Handlers Wanted]

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[Sign: Dynamite Handlers Wanted]

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1945

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumCrayon and ink

DimensionsSheet: 12 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (30.8 x 23.8 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1000

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"Help Wanted, Apply Inside"

"Help Wanted, Apply Inside"

Alan Dunn

1968

"The usual two children - one Watson system and the other a Dalcroze - we wanted a Montessori too - you know the first semester consists of animal cracker and alphabet soup."

"The usual two children - one Watson system and the other a Dalcroze - we wanted a Montessori too - you know the first semester consists of animal cracker and alphabet soup."

Alan Dunn

1948

"What a dreadful twelve days! Not a bus or a subway was running, taxis were impossible, and if I wanted to go anywhere I had to walk!"

"What a dreadful twelve days! Not a bus or a subway was running, taxis were impossible, and if I wanted to go anywhere I had to walk!"

Alan Dunn

circa 1966

"I so wanted him to see the lovely clock I'd bought with his money, but the doctor said it would hasten the end."

"I so wanted him to see the lovely clock I'd bought with his money, but the doctor said it would hasten the end."

Alan Dunn

1933

"I hate to think of doing this all my life. I always wanted to be a spy."

"I hate to think of doing this all my life. I always wanted to be a spy."

Alan Dunn

1932

"I coulda been married long ago myself, if I'd wanted to use my appeal."

"I coulda been married long ago myself, if I'd wanted to use my appeal."

Alan Dunn

1928

["Yield Right of Way" sign at intersection]

["Yield Right of Way" sign at intersection]

Alan Dunn

1958

"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"

"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"

Alan Dunn

1945

"I must report, Comrades, that there is still no sign of an American depression. I'm beginning to fear this may be part of their anti-Soviet policy."

"I must report, Comrades, that there is still no sign of an American depression. I'm beginning to fear this may be part of their anti-Soviet policy."

Alan Dunn

1949

"I'd gotten as far as Chapter Two, and then they made me sign the pledge."

"I'd gotten as far as Chapter Two, and then they made me sign the pledge."

Alan Dunn

1961

[Body of water with a flowting sign: "Danger Thin Ice"]

[Body of water with a flowting sign: "Danger Thin Ice"]

Alan Dunn

1946

Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".

Sign in store window "Buy now at the accepted 3.2% inflation rate the dollar won't buy anything at all by 1998".

Alan Dunn

circa 1966

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