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[Man with canteen waiting for New York train]
[Man with canteen waiting for New York train]

[Man with canteen waiting for New York train]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1949
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 8 x 8 1/2 in. (20.3 x 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1154
"Just repeat to yourself: "New York is a Summer Festival, New York is a Summer Festival..."
"Just repeat to yourself: "New York is a Summer Festival, New York is a Summer Festival..."
Alan Dunn
1964
"...the leisurely train ride and the crossword puzzle. The throb of traffic. The dynamic, turbulent beat of the city. Restaurants theatres, shop! Then the diminishing pulse. Neon lights flickering in the evening haze. Back on the train, homeward bound. Ah, well!"
"...the leisurely train ride and the crossword puzzle. The throb of traffic. The dynamic, turbulent beat of the city. Restaurants theatres, shop! Then the diminishing pulse. Neon lights flickering in the evening haze. Back on the train, homeward bound. Ah, well!"
Alan Dunn
1967
"And now the weather forecast. Fair and warmer throughout southern New York, Connecticut and northern New Jersey, with occasional artificially induced showers in the metropolitan watershed area."
"And now the weather forecast. Fair and warmer throughout southern New York, Connecticut and northern New Jersey, with occasional artificially induced showers in the metropolitan watershed area."
Alan Dunn
1950
"In a matter of hours this will be the finest railroad in the world, if you don't mind waiting."
"In a matter of hours this will be the finest railroad in the world, if you don't mind waiting."
Alan Dunn
1969
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
Alan Dunn
1957
[People on street corner waiting for light to change]
[People on street corner waiting for light to change]
Alan Dunn
1958
"You'd never know you were in New York, would you?"
"You'd never know you were in New York, would you?"
Alan Dunn
1963
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
Alan Dunn
1965
"It's darn near all the way from New York to Buffalo, where some dame suddenly slammed on her brakes."
"It's darn near all the way from New York to Buffalo, where some dame suddenly slammed on her brakes."
Alan Dunn
1971
[New York City Bureau of Water Supply meeting]
[New York City Bureau of Water Supply meeting]
Alan Dunn
circa 1965
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
Alan Dunn
1943
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
Alan Dunn
1958