"Ten-nine-eight-seven-hold it!"

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"Ten-nine-eight-seven-hold it!"

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1957

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 12 × 13 1/8 in. (30.5 × 33.3 cm) Sheet: 12 × 13 1/8 in. (30.5 × 33.3 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1290

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"Ten...Nine...Eight...Seven...Six..."

"Ten...Nine...Eight...Seven...Six..."

Alan Dunn

1969

"Humph! Look at Eleven-eighty-one- just a plain steal from Ten-thirty-nine."

"Humph! Look at Eleven-eighty-one- just a plain steal from Ten-thirty-nine."

Alan Dunn

1931

"twenty of ten.", "nine twenty-two.", "I make it 9:32."

"twenty of ten.", "nine twenty-two.", "I make it 9:32."

Alan Dunn

1948

"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"

"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"

Alan Dunn

1946

"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."

"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."

Alan Dunn

1968

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Alan Dunn

20th

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

Mary Petty

1947

"The management is informed that a new group now owns 41 per cent of the stock, and demands four of the company's nine directorships."

"The management is informed that a new group now owns 41 per cent of the stock, and demands four of the company's nine directorships."

Alan Dunn

1955

"May I show you our nine points of superiority, sir?"

"May I show you our nine points of superiority, sir?"

Alan Dunn

1930

"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."

"Temperature sixty-five degrees, humidity fifty-nine percent, winds out of the south at five miles an hour, barometer rising, and the dollar steady."

Alan Dunn

1971

"Serena Trapp Stubbings? I here by serve you this summons to appear at Nine A.M. in District Court...."

"Serena Trapp Stubbings? I here by serve you this summons to appear at Nine A.M. in District Court...."

Alan Dunn

1948

"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."

"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."

Alan Dunn

1949

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