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"By heaven, I say there should be a generation gap!"
"By heaven, I say there should be a generation gap!"

"By heaven, I say there should be a generation gap!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1969
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (25 × 27.6 cm) Sheet: 9 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (25 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1641
"The jury wouldn't accept my alibi, because of the credibility gap, so here I am."
"The jury wouldn't accept my alibi, because of the credibility gap, so here I am."
Alan Dunn
1967
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"It wasn't my idea to narrow the interplanatary -communications gap."
"It wasn't my idea to narrow the interplanatary -communications gap."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Your generation, my boy, has a promising future - curing the side effects of antibiotics!"
"Your generation, my boy, has a promising future - curing the side effects of antibiotics!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"Good heavens! Am I supposed to see this?"
"Good heavens! Am I supposed to see this?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"Darling, is the economic slowdown something I should know about?"
"Darling, is the economic slowdown something I should know about?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."
"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."
Alan Dunn
1964
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
"Well, I think we should consider ourselves mighty lucky."
Alan Dunn
1942
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"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