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"I suppose they'll be tearing it up again soon.", "Oh yes, but we'll get it finished before that."
"I suppose they'll be tearing it up again soon.", "Oh yes, but we'll get it finished before that."

"I suppose they'll be tearing it up again soon.", "Oh yes, but we'll get it finished before that."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1927
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.5 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1715
"Yes, this is El Presidente- but, oh dear! I hear shots!"
"Yes, this is El Presidente- but, oh dear! I hear shots!"
Alan Dunn
1963
"Quick! Get in and take it up again before you lose your nerve."
"Quick! Get in and take it up again before you lose your nerve."
Alan Dunn
1941
"...and - Oh, yes, the paymaster for the Bijou Manufacturing Corporation. He's one of my "musts"."
"...and - Oh, yes, the paymaster for the Bijou Manufacturing Corporation. He's one of my "musts"."
Alan Dunn
1935
" - 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
"Oh, never mind the bell - finish your beer - come up later and we'll make some penuche-"
"Oh, never mind the bell - finish your beer - come up later and we'll make some penuche-"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Pontecorvo, yes - but they've got Lollobrigida."
"Pontecorvo, yes - but they've got Lollobrigida."
Alan Dunn
1955
"A registered Democrat, yes. But what kind of registered Democrat are you?"
"A registered Democrat, yes. But what kind of registered Democrat are you?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"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
Image Not Available for "Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
"Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
Alan Dunn
1926
Image Not Available for "Did you hear a shot a little while ago?", "Yes, it must have been Helen shooting a rabbit."
"Did you hear a shot a little while ago?", "Yes, it must have been Helen shooting a rabbit."
Alan Dunn
1926
"Yes, dinner at four-thirty. It gives you a nice long evening."
"Yes, dinner at four-thirty. It gives you a nice long evening."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
"Firmness, curtness, a brusque tone now and then, yes, perhaps even a touch of aloofness, but no more than that for the time being. So far, this is only a localized war."
Alan Dunn
1950