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"It doesn't sound like uranium to me. It sounds like WJZ."
"It doesn't sound like uranium to me. It sounds like WJZ."

"It doesn't sound like uranium to me. It sounds like WJZ."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1949
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (21 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (21 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1149
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
"But isn't it rather peremptory to say, 'Don't leave any more milk until further notice'? It sounds so imperious. And there's 'Dear sir...'-No, that isn't right either..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
"So you're a Save the Thirty-five-cent Fare! I'd like you to meet Mrs. Hawes. She's a Save Long Island Sound."
Alan Dunn
1974
60. Ghosts. They frighten! Don’t cross yourself!/ They moan! Midnight sounds!/ Again, Dead Man, do you follow me?/ Quiet yourself, my stomach!
60. Ghosts. They frighten! Don’t cross yourself!/ They moan! Midnight sounds!/ Again, Dead Man, do you follow me?/ Quiet yourself, my stomach!
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
Incompromising sounds...
Incompromising sounds...
Phyllis Demong
1970
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Sounds Barely Heard
John Christie
1979
Najan Sounds
Najan Sounds
Henry Botkin
1977
"How does Camp Gitche Gumee on Lake Wahwahgunticook sound to you, Junior?"
"How does Camp Gitche Gumee on Lake Wahwahgunticook sound to you, Junior?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
Alan Dunn
1958
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948