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[Sign change at LaVista Hotel - to Motel]
[Sign change at LaVista Hotel - to Motel]

[Sign change at LaVista Hotel - to Motel]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1948
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/2 x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1126
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
"This is Glub, sitting in for Tom Dunn on the 'Eleven O'Clock News', and I wish to announce that there has been a rather suddne and sweeping change in your government.
Alan Dunn
1968
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
Alan Dunn
1969
[People on street corner waiting for light to change]
[People on street corner waiting for light to change]
Alan Dunn
1958
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Barometer 1016. Tomorrow partly cloudy, occasional rain, easterly winds, not much change in temperature."
"Barometer 1016. Tomorrow partly cloudy, occasional rain, easterly winds, not much change in temperature."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
Alan Dunn
1943
["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