"Reminds me of the old Wanamaker's."

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"Reminds me of the old Wanamaker's."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1959

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 13 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (33.7 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (33.7 × 24.8 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1329

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"But if we couldn't save Wanamaker's and we couldn't save 277 Park, how can we possibly save Penn Station?"

"But if we couldn't save Wanamaker's and we couldn't save 277 Park, how can we possibly save Penn Station?"

Alan Dunn

1962

"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."

"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."

Alan Dunn

1954

"May I remind the Committee for the Control of Outer Space that we are simply hastening the day when we'll be taking on Mars as underdeveloped."

"May I remind the Committee for the Control of Outer Space that we are simply hastening the day when we'll be taking on Mars as underdeveloped."

Alan Dunn

1960

"May I remind you that Phase Two does not apply to the Offeratory."

"May I remind you that Phase Two does not apply to the Offeratory."

Alan Dunn

1971

"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."

"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."

Mary Petty

1932

“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”

“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”

Alan Dunn

1942

"Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me...."

"Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me...."

Alan Dunn

1964

"Sergeant Mooney said that anybody who was dependent on me at home was getting a brake having me in the army."

"Sergeant Mooney said that anybody who was dependent on me at home was getting a brake having me in the army."

Alan Dunn

1942

"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."

"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."

Alan Dunn

1954

"Pardon me. Can you direct me to the Digby's apartment?"

"Pardon me. Can you direct me to the Digby's apartment?"

Alan Dunn

1930

"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."

"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."

Alan Dunn

1955

"Look, lady, are you trying to make me overreact?"

"Look, lady, are you trying to make me overreact?"

Alan Dunn

1968

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