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"Watch out Exhibit 7-R. Poison ivy!"
"Watch out Exhibit 7-R. Poison ivy!"

"Watch out Exhibit 7-R. Poison ivy!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1958
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 13 × 11 3/8 in. (33 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 13 × 11 3/8 in. (33 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1311
"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
No caption (Lovers in Dept. of Parks, City of NY exhibit)
No caption (Lovers in Dept. of Parks, City of NY exhibit)
Alan Dunn
1952
No Caption (woman on telephone stretching cord to watch T.V.)
No Caption (woman on telephone stretching cord to watch T.V.)
Alan Dunn
1951
"Roger, watch 1967! I've decided to discover myself!"
"Roger, watch 1967! I've decided to discover myself!"
Alan Dunn
1966
"Hawley, my lad, ask this good man if that is the correct time. Mrs. Perly's wrist watch registers a discrpancy of two minutes."
"Hawley, my lad, ask this good man if that is the correct time. Mrs. Perly's wrist watch registers a discrpancy of two minutes."
Alan Dunn
1926
1941: "December 7, 1941 - a date that will live in infamy!"
1941: "December 7, 1941 - a date that will live in infamy!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"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
c 1966
"In our next and final exercise, assume you have bailed out of the controversial F111-A Jet over enemy territory and are armed with the controversial M-16 rifle."
"In our next and final exercise, assume you have bailed out of the controversial F111-A Jet over enemy territory and are armed with the controversial M-16 rifle."
Alan Dunn
1968
No caption (soldier being carried out of Montgomery Ward & Co. Building)
No caption (soldier being carried out of Montgomery Ward & Co. Building)
Alan Dunn
1945
"I was strolling along, minding my own business, when down came this U.F. O and out came two huge white monsters."
"I was strolling along, minding my own business, when down came this U.F. O and out came two huge white monsters."
Alan Dunn
1969
No caption (helicopters and zeppelins, woman looking out of window)
No caption (helicopters and zeppelins, woman looking out of window)
Alan Dunn
1944
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
Alan Dunn
1942