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"You couldn't find any use for a map of Hartford in 1631, now, could you?"
"You couldn't find any use for a map of Hartford in 1631, now, could you?"

"You couldn't find any use for a map of Hartford in 1631, now, could you?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 9 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (23.5 × 23.7 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (23.5 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1760
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
"Could you include someplace where I can use my Esperanto?"
Alan Dunn
1936
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
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
"Now you could easily recondition those nymphs, sir, and make this the master's bedroom."
"Now you could easily recondition those nymphs, sir, and make this the master's bedroom."
Alan Dunn
1931
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
Alan Dunn
1960
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
"Didn't you use to be Peggy Poole? My dear, I hardly knew you under 'G'!"
Alan Dunn
1934
"A lot of boys even took their jallopies with them thinking they could use them in the army."
"A lot of boys even took their jallopies with them thinking they could use them in the army."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
Alan Dunn
1941
"A soldier wood not be serprised to wake up any morning and find himself in sopm part of the world he never heard of."
"A soldier wood not be serprised to wake up any morning and find himself in sopm part of the world he never heard of."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Oh Annie, you must come over and see our new apartment! And don't be surprised to find us living over a church."
"Oh Annie, you must come over and see our new apartment! And don't be surprised to find us living over a church."
Alan Dunn
1930
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959