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"But suppose all of Washington decides to return to private life?"
"But suppose all of Washington decides to return to private life?"

"But suppose all of Washington decides to return to private life?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1973
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink crayon
DimensionsObject: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (22.7 × 28.5 cm) Sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23.3 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1987.005
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
"I suppose there's quite a story behind all this."
"I suppose there's quite a story behind all this."
Alan Dunn
1953
"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."
"Before we go any further with this profit-incentive idea, I think we should decide whether or not we invented it."
Alan Dunn
1964
"Look here, Soldier! It isn't for you and me to decide whether to get out of Vietnam."
"Look here, Soldier! It isn't for you and me to decide whether to get out of Vietnam."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
cover design for "Private Papers of Private Purkey."
cover design for "Private Papers of Private Purkey."
Alan Dunn
c 1941
cover design for "Private Papers of Private Purkey."
cover design for "Private Papers of Private Purkey."
Alan Dunn
c 1941
cover design for "Private Papers of Private Purkey."
cover design for "Private Papers of Private Purkey."
Alan Dunn
c 1941
"I am pleased to inform you, Private Garvin, that under..."
"I am pleased to inform you, Private Garvin, that under..."
Alan Dunn
1949
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
1948
cover design for "Private Purkey in Love and War."
cover design for "Private Purkey in Love and War."
Alan Dunn
c 1942