[Used campaign furniture]

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[Used campaign furniture]

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1952

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumCrayon and ink

DimensionsSheet: 8 x 9 7/8 in. (20.3 x 25.1 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1298

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"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."

"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."

Alan Dunn

1941

"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."

"He'll sell us the car for six hundred dollars, but he wants twelve hundred dollars for the furniture."

Alan Dunn

1946

[Woman oiling patio furniture]

[Woman oiling patio furniture]

Alan Dunn

1953

[Politician making a campaign speech from an airplane door]

[Politician making a campaign speech from an airplane door]

Alan Dunn

1946

"Now, let's see. As I remember it, we used to take raisins and yeast, and then..."

"Now, let's see. As I remember it, we used to take raisins and yeast, and then..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."

"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."

Alan Dunn

1930

"Why my goodness, I used to get two fenders fixed for that price!"

"Why my goodness, I used to get two fenders fixed for that price!"

Alan Dunn

1951

"Once and for all get this straight, I am not to be used for personal calls."

"Once and for all get this straight, I am not to be used for personal calls."

Alan Dunn

1942

"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."

"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."

Alan Dunn

circa 1966

[Sign at gas station: "...The Same Superoctane Gas Used By Our B29s..."]

[Sign at gas station: "...The Same Superoctane Gas Used By Our B29s..."]

Alan Dunn

1945

[Airplane stairway being used to "board" elephant]

[Airplane stairway being used to "board" elephant]

Alan Dunn

1949

"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."

"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."

Alan Dunn

1931

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