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"The trouble with [pub- "wit"] Coolidge is he don't {pub - "seem to"] read the editorials."
"The trouble with [pub- "wit"] Coolidge is he don't {pub - "seem to"] read the editorials."

"The trouble with [pub- "wit"] Coolidge is he don't {pub - "seem to"] read the editorials."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1927
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 6 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (15.9 × 18.6 cm) Sheet: 6 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (15.9 × 18.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1694
[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]
[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]
Alan Dunn
1927
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
Alan Dunn
1928
"Mustn't [pub - "Mus'n't] touch, sweetheart - mama [pub - "mamma"] spank!"
"Mustn't [pub - "Mus'n't] touch, sweetheart - mama [pub - "mamma"] spank!"
Alan Dunn
1927
"Yes, we finally moved to the city. We're on the tenth [pub "fifteenth"] floor - Number 1579. Mother didn't want to be buried in the country."
"Yes, we finally moved to the city. We're on the tenth [pub "fifteenth"] floor - Number 1579. Mother didn't want to be buried in the country."
Alan Dunn
1926
"Have you gentlemen ever discussed [pub- "considered"] changing your appeal?"
"Have you gentlemen ever discussed [pub- "considered"] changing your appeal?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]
"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]
Alan Dunn
1929
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
[pub- "Irving, dear,..."] "I'm getting sick of this 'being ourselves' life we're leading. It's too artificial for words."
Alan Dunn
1928
"We'd better get the big one- they have a stateroom with bath." [pub-"...they're going on the Leviathan."
"We'd better get the big one- they have a stateroom with bath." [pub-"...they're going on the Leviathan."
Alan Dunn
1928
" - a clearing site for an apt. hotel - soon as we can tear these down - " [pub - "I wonder who lived in those old shacks before the neighborhood was improved."]
" - a clearing site for an apt. hotel - soon as we can tear these down - " [pub - "I wonder who lived in those old shacks before the neighborhood was improved."]
Alan Dunn
1928
"It's a book on etiquette.", "You might look up what people of our position do [pub - "about spaghetti"] in case of fire."
"It's a book on etiquette.", "You might look up what people of our position do [pub - "about spaghetti"] in case of fire."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Surely you remember me, doctor - high blood pressure and all that!" [pub - "...- high blood pressure and generally run down."]
"Surely you remember me, doctor - high blood pressure and all that!" [pub - "...- high blood pressure and generally run down."]
Alan Dunn
1928
"Now remember your signals! The date of the passing of Victorian culture in England is a forward pass!" [pub - "Now remember - the minute I give the date of Shelley's birth, Benton drops back for a kick."]
"Now remember your signals! The date of the passing of Victorian culture in England is a forward pass!" [pub - "Now remember - the minute I give the date of Shelley's birth, Benton drops back for a kick."]
Alan Dunn
1928