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“Any sheet of iron with bolts less than an inch thick is considered deluxe upholstery.”
“Any sheet of iron with bolts less than an inch thick is considered deluxe upholstery.”

“Any sheet of iron with bolts less than an inch thick is considered deluxe upholstery.”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (20.4 × 16.3 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (20.4 × 16.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1388
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."
"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."
Alan Dunn
1973
"Morgan! Will you take care of this lady and gentleman willing to go two hundred on a deluxe Imperial bedroom suite?"
"Morgan! Will you take care of this lady and gentleman willing to go two hundred on a deluxe Imperial bedroom suite?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"Have you gentlemen ever discussed [pub- "considered"] changing your appeal?"
"Have you gentlemen ever discussed [pub- "considered"] changing your appeal?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
"Look, dear, I've tried to be less of a non-person and more of a mother. As if that weren't enough, now you want relevance."
Alan Dunn
1969
"It can't miss, J.G.. The author got disillusioned with Communism, escaped from behind the Iron Curtain, came to the United States, lived on a sharecropper's farm in Georgia, spent a year in a state insane asylum, turned to religion, and now is a monk."
"It can't miss, J.G.. The author got disillusioned with Communism, escaped from behind the Iron Curtain, came to the United States, lived on a sharecropper's farm in Georgia, spent a year in a state insane asylum, turned to religion, and now is a monk."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Think of it this way. The whole world is broke, but the United States is less broke."
"Think of it this way. The whole world is broke, but the United States is less broke."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
Mary Petty
1947
"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"
"These behind-the-scenes tea breaks accomplish a lot more than all those formal conferences, don't you think?"
Alan Dunn
1969
"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."
"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."
Alan Dunn
1941
"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
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
Alan Dunn
1950