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“Any hike that is going to take three pairs of shoes is not going to be no picnic.”
“Any hike that is going to take three pairs of shoes is not going to be no picnic.”

“Any hike that is going to take three pairs of shoes is not going to be no picnic.”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (18.9 × 13.6 cm) Sheet: 7 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (18.9 × 13.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1398
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be hard to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."
"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."
Alan Dunn
1940
"A wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a...."
"A wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a...."
Alan Dunn
1968
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"Oh Mr. Havemeyer, will you sign for this pair of bloomers going to Southampton?"
"Oh Mr. Havemeyer, will you sign for this pair of bloomers going to Southampton?"
Mary Petty
1928
"This is going to take away at least seven years, Ma'am."
"This is going to take away at least seven years, Ma'am."
Mary Petty
1932
"And then another wage boost followed by another rate hike, and so on, and infinitum. What more could one ask?"
"And then another wage boost followed by another rate hike, and so on, and infinitum. What more could one ask?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"Who's going to tell them that utopia is still in the talk stage?"
"Who's going to tell them that utopia is still in the talk stage?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."
"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."
Alan Dunn
1943
"I thought that bomb was going to revolutionize warfare."
"I thought that bomb was going to revolutionize warfare."
Alan Dunn
1948