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"...instead of counting sheep he tries to challenge 'em."
"...instead of counting sheep he tries to challenge 'em."

"...instead of counting sheep he tries to challenge 'em."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 11 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (29.1 × 24.6 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 × 9 11/16 in. (29.1 × 24.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1426
Image Not Available for No caption - scientist tries to give beauty potion to wife; 13 drawings (a-m)
No caption - scientist tries to give beauty potion to wife; 13 drawings (a-m)
Charles E. Martin
1962
" '41 - '42 - '43? Think, man, think! Just when was it you stopped counting?"
" '41 - '42 - '43? Think, man, think! Just when was it you stopped counting?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."
"Oh dear - instead of your great-great aunt Polly I seem to be in touch with three spirits with little pointed heads."
Alan Dunn
1960
"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."
"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."
Alan Dunn
1964
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
No caption (Cramming 'em in)
No caption (Cramming 'em in)
Alan Dunn
1945
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I still can't tell 'em apart."
"I still can't tell 'em apart."
Alan Dunn
1942
L46. Mickey tries to grab a rope, in safari gear (19)
L46. Mickey tries to grab a rope, in safari gear (19)
Walt Disney Studios
c 1970
"Instead of telling my child about the flowers, the governess told him all about me and that Mr. Liggett!"
"Instead of telling my child about the flowers, the governess told him all about me and that Mr. Liggett!"
Alan Dunn
1933
"Now instead of bars we're using these old-fashioned railroad-car windows."
"Now instead of bars we're using these old-fashioned railroad-car windows."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Try to build a house like that for thirty thousand today and see how far you get!"
"Try to build a house like that for thirty thousand today and see how far you get!"
Alan Dunn
1947