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"Know what this road needs? Billboards."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)
Datec 1965
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 6 3/4 × 10 11/16 in. (17.2 × 27.2 cm) Sheet: 7 5/16 × 11 in. (18.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1982.303
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"Here we are spending billions for the moon, and what I need is a new fur coat."
"Here we are spending billions for the moon, and what I need is a new fur coat."
Alan Dunn
1967
"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"
"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"
Alan Dunn
c 1966
Billboards
Billboards
Abraham P. Hankins
1949
"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."
"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"
"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"
Alan Dunn
1964
"Know What? I think he's letting me float against the dollar."
"Know What? I think he's letting me float against the dollar."
Alan Dunn
1973
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
Alan Dunn
1967
"If you want to know what a quassar is. I'd say you've come to the wrong person."
"If you want to know what a quassar is. I'd say you've come to the wrong person."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"I figure what Euripides doesn't know won't hurt him."
"I figure what Euripides doesn't know won't hurt him."
Alan Dunn
1963
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."
Alan Dunn
1968
"We're American imperialists and we need a drink."
"We're American imperialists and we need a drink."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
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