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"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."
"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."

"I assure you, Madam, if any such creatures as you describe really existed, we would be the first to know about it."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Datec 1966
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in. (22.5 × 28.4 cm) Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 3/8 in. (23.1 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1982.323
"I assure you, Madam, our responsibility don't end with installin' the tub. Our aim is to see that you get a thoroughly good bath."
"I assure you, Madam, our responsibility don't end with installin' the tub. Our aim is to see that you get a thoroughly good bath."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"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
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"The usual two children - one Watson system and the other a Dalcroze - we wanted a Montessori too - you know the first semester consists of animal cracker and alphabet soup."
"The usual two children - one Watson system and the other a Dalcroze - we wanted a Montessori too - you know the first semester consists of animal cracker and alphabet soup."
Alan Dunn
1948
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945
"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
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"I say, Mildred, have you finished telling Vera about - you know - about life yet?"
"I say, Mildred, have you finished telling Vera about - you know - about life yet?"
Alan Dunn
1927
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
"And then Tom and I had one of those 'meaninful talks' of ours - you know, about money."
Alan Dunn
1968
"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
"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"
"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"
Alan Dunn
1927
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
Alan Dunn
1942