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[People on street corner waiting for light to change]
[People on street corner waiting for light to change]

[People on street corner waiting for light to change]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1958
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
Dimensions 8 × 8 1/2 in.
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1304
Copyright© Alan Dunn
"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
No caption (doormen hailing taxicabs on street corners)
No caption (doormen hailing taxicabs on street corners)
Alan Dunn
1945
"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
No caption (sign change at LaVista Hotel - to Motel)
No caption (sign change at LaVista Hotel - to Motel)
Alan Dunn
1948
No caption (The 4th Avenue lunch bar changes name-"No Rise in Prices!")
No caption (The 4th Avenue lunch bar changes name-"No Rise in Prices!")
Alan Dunn
1959
"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
No caption (kids around corner)
No caption (kids around corner)
Alan Dunn
1960
"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