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"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."
"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."

"Hold onto your hat! Here's where Nixon tightened the purse strings."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1968
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 12 1/16 × 12 13/16 in. (30.7 × 32.5 cm) Sheet: 12 1/16 × 12 13/16 in. (30.7 × 32.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1643
"We're sorry, Thompson, but results haven't been what they should. Here's your pin."
"We're sorry, Thompson, but results haven't been what they should. Here's your pin."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."
"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."
"Here's one near Rye for our kind of money, but it's got thirty-seven rooms."
Alan Dunn
1949
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”
“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”
Alan Dunn
1954
"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"
"Joe, where can I get hold of a doily?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"Well, here's another joint checking account that didn't pan out, the P.K. Twombly Manufacturing Corporation and Mrs. Twombly."
"Well, here's another joint checking account that didn't pan out, the P.K. Twombly Manufacturing Corporation and Mrs. Twombly."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"Oh, Rud, come quick! Here's something I don't understand."
"Oh, Rud, come quick! Here's something I don't understand."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Now here's a fireplace that really works--it takes AC or DC and has a built in radio."
"Now here's a fireplace that really works--it takes AC or DC and has a built in radio."
Alan Dunn
1941
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"
Alan Dunn
1970