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"Take a letter" (at Echo Lake)

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)
Daten.d.
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 17 × 13 7/8 in. (43.2 × 35.2 cm) Sheet: 17 × 13 7/8 in. (43.2 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1341
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"Good heavens, this must be Echo Lake!" "GOOD HEAVENS, THIS MUST BE ECHO LAKE!"
"Good heavens, this must be Echo Lake!" "GOOD HEAVENS, THIS MUST BE ECHO LAKE!"
Alan Dunn
1938
"The critics said it had a take-a-letter attitude."
"The critics said it had a take-a-letter attitude."
Alan Dunn
1936
"All right, girls. Take a letter."
"All right, girls. Take a letter."
Alan Dunn
1936
"Take a crank letter."
"Take a crank letter."
Mary Petty
1937
"No sir - no one called, no letters, and the phone hasn't rung all day."
"No sir - no one called, no letters, and the phone hasn't rung all day."
Alan Dunn
1938
[Soldier writing letter]
[Soldier writing letter]
Alan Dunn
no date
"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"
"I can't take the Voice of America much longer. All day, all night - nag, nag, nag!"
Alan Dunn
1955
"Miss Jones, take a white paper on the Far East."
"Miss Jones, take a white paper on the Far East."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Be sociable but not convivial. Smile graciously, but not from ear to ear. If drinks are served, take Martinis, but don't, at this stage, ask for Coca-Cola."
"Be sociable but not convivial. Smile graciously, but not from ear to ear. If drinks are served, take Martinis, but don't, at this stage, ask for Coca-Cola."
Alan Dunn
1955
"Your office won't take 'the general malaise' as an excuse."
"Your office won't take 'the general malaise' as an excuse."
Alan Dunn
1968
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Whatever it it you just take aspirin is my philosphy."
"Whatever it it you just take aspirin is my philosphy."
Alan Dunn
1969
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