"Wrong number, Operator. I seem to be talking with some automobile in St. Louis."

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"Wrong number, Operator. I seem to be talking with some automobile in St. Louis."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1946

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 7 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (19.1 × 19.4 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (19.1 × 19.4 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1019

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"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

Alan Dunn

1950

"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."

"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."

Alan Dunn

1948

"No, it isn't! You have the wrong number."

"No, it isn't! You have the wrong number."

Alan Dunn

1947

"My dear, I congratulate you - tha't a very intelligent use of Louis the Fifteenth."

"My dear, I congratulate you - tha't a very intelligent use of Louis the Fifteenth."

Alan Dunn

1932

"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."

"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."

Alan Dunn

1937

"He's going to show us where Louis XVI married Norma Shearer."

"He's going to show us where Louis XVI married Norma Shearer."

Alan Dunn

1938

"It seems the X-ray camera was pointed the wrong way, and took the doctor's stomach."

"It seems the X-ray camera was pointed the wrong way, and took the doctor's stomach."

Mary Petty

1934

"Now, Chloe dear, you aren't going to spoil Mother's Louis XIV scheme, are you?"

"Now, Chloe dear, you aren't going to spoil Mother's Louis XIV scheme, are you?"

Alan Dunn

1931

"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."

"Look, I keep telling you, nothing can go wrong. We just take the keys from the first employee to arrive. That's all there is to it."

Alan Dunn

1955

Rotunda, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri

Rotunda, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri

William Clift

c. 1975

Reflection, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St Louis, Missouri

Reflection, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St Louis, Missouri

William Clift

circa 1975

"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."

"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."

Alan Dunn

1960

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