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"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."

"We'd better get the big one- they have a stateroom with bath." [pub-"...they're going on the Leviathan."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1928
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 7 × 7 5/8 in. (17.8 × 19.4 cm) Sheet: 7 × 7 5/8 in. (17.8 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1741
"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
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
Alan Dunn
1946
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
Alan Dunn
1931
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"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
"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."
"We'd like two nice large sunny rooms, and one little room that is absolutely dark."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"
"Wouldn't it be better just to have a couple of small signs telling what we do have?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."
"We better not bawl them out. They've been wanting to get that off their chest ever since they got out of fire school."
Alan Dunn
1936
"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."
"You better get out and hold him until that horse passes."
Alan Dunn
1939
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
"Lady, I'll be honest with you. Where else in the world could you get a better view of 183rd Street?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"They're certainly in for a rude awakening one of these days."
"They're certainly in for a rude awakening one of these days."
Alan Dunn
1942