"Sir, this is your official car."

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"Sir, this is your official car."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1974

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 9 5/8 × 11 9/16 in. (24.4 × 29.3 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 11 7/8 in. (25.2 × 30.1 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1987.028

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"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"

"That is the official message, sir, but wait - you don't know the half of it!"

Alan Dunn

1944

"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."

"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."

Alan Dunn

1968

"Say, George, can I borrow your car? Have to pick up Grandmother at the station."

"Say, George, can I borrow your car? Have to pick up Grandmother at the station."

Alan Dunn

1953

"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."

"Now in transcribing the log, Weldon, you must stick to the official wording. We don't say, ""Fluffy white clouds in a cerulean sky."

Alan Dunn

1943

"What's the official line now? Do we take an attitude of statemanlike diplomacy, or do we burn down their library?"

"What's the official line now? Do we take an attitude of statemanlike diplomacy, or do we burn down their library?"

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"Check your oil and water, sir?"

"Check your oil and water, sir?"

Alan Dunn

1936

"The vice-president, sir, wants your O.K. on two ham and one combination on rye from Liggett's."

"The vice-president, sir, wants your O.K. on two ham and one combination on rye from Liggett's."

Alan Dunn

1931

I have a message for you here somewhere, sir, from field headquarters."

I have a message for you here somewhere, sir, from field headquarters."

Alan Dunn

1943

"It's for you, sir."

"It's for you, sir."

Alan Dunn

1943

"The boys are a bit rusty yet, sir, you can still taste the P-40's in the chowder."

"The boys are a bit rusty yet, sir, you can still taste the P-40's in the chowder."

Alan Dunn

1945

"One thing more, sir--does the traffic there keep to the right or the left."

"One thing more, sir--does the traffic there keep to the right or the left."

Alan Dunn

1943

"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."

"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."

Alan Dunn

1943

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