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"Keep trying the Powells, dear - they may merely have gone to bed."
"Keep trying the Powells, dear - they may merely have gone to bed."

"Keep trying the Powells, dear - they may merely have gone to bed."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 6 7/16 × 10 11/16 in. (16.3 × 27.2 cm) Sheet: 6 7/16 × 10 11/16 in. (16.3 × 27.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1757
"He says to keep your shirt on. He's trying to get back from the Chicago Fair."
"He says to keep your shirt on. He's trying to get back from the Chicago Fair."
Alan Dunn
1934
"How could it have gone on? About all they had in common was Granola?"
"How could it have gone on? About all they had in common was Granola?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Naturally I wouldn't have gone A.W.O.L. without a good reason.I just happened to hear that Lord&Taylor's were having a clearance sale..."
"Naturally I wouldn't have gone A.W.O.L. without a good reason.I just happened to hear that Lord&Taylor's were having a clearance sale..."
Alan Dunn
1942
To steer a course through history ... stay in the channel and keep out of the bayous, enchanting as they may be."
To steer a course through history ... stay in the channel and keep out of the bayous, enchanting as they may be."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Unfortunately I found out too late that I had merely taken the place of his mother."
"Unfortunately I found out too late that I had merely taken the place of his mother."
Alan Dunn
1936
"No cause for alarm, sir. It's merely a leak in the swimming pool."
"No cause for alarm, sir. It's merely a leak in the swimming pool."
Alan Dunn
1948
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
"Would you care to know, dear, that your 'hazy morn of an enchanted day in May' is composed of six-tenths parts per million sulfur dioxide, two parts per million carbon monoxide, four parts per million hydrocarbons, three parts...."
Alan Dunn
1968
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"All right, darling, you may fire one fusillade at Mr. and Mrs. Smalley and then you must go to bed."
"All right, darling, you may fire one fusillade at Mr. and Mrs. Smalley and then you must go to bed."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Have you told the captain about your yawl yet, dear?"
"Have you told the captain about your yawl yet, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1931
"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