"I'm sorry, but the Guaranteed Annual Wage is still at the verbal level."

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"I'm sorry, but the Guaranteed Annual Wage is still at the verbal level."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Datec 1966

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 7 1/16 × 9 13/16 in. (18 × 25 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 in. (19 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1982.331

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"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."

"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."

Alan Dunn

1948

"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."

"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."

Alan Dunn

1970

"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."

"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."

Alan Dunn

1945

"I'm awfully sorry, but this is my first merger."

"I'm awfully sorry, but this is my first merger."

Alan Dunn

1968

"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."

"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."

Alan Dunn

1964

"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

"A wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a...."

"A wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a wage boost followed by a price hike, followed by a...."

Alan Dunn

1968

"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."

"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."

Alan Dunn

1927

No caption (Undine Boat Co. - "Closed for Annual Inventory")

No caption (Undine Boat Co. - "Closed for Annual Inventory")

Alan Dunn

1939

"And then another wage boost followed by another rate hike, and so on, and infinitum. What more could one ask?"

"And then another wage boost followed by another rate hike, and so on, and infinitum. What more could one ask?"

Alan Dunn

1960

"We also think there should be an excalation clause to meet any cost-of-living increase that may result from the granting of our wage demands."

"We also think there should be an excalation clause to meet any cost-of-living increase that may result from the granting of our wage demands."

Alan Dunn

1951

"I must report, Comrades, that there is still no sign of an American depression. I'm beginning to fear this may be part of their anti-Soviet policy."

"I must report, Comrades, that there is still no sign of an American depression. I'm beginning to fear this may be part of their anti-Soviet policy."

Alan Dunn

1949

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