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"She must get all her ideas from the movies she sees. Now she wants a baby."
"She must get all her ideas from the movies she sees. Now she wants a baby."

"She must get all her ideas from the movies she sees. Now she wants a baby."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 14 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (37.4 × 25.3 cm) Sheet: 14 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (37.4 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1829
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
"Two sixty-eight outa five, eighteen points from ration book two, and she wants her change in War Savings Stamps."
Alan Dunn
1943
"She wants us to get rid of the gurgle."
"She wants us to get rid of the gurgle."
Alan Dunn
1936
"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."
"A lady's voice, sir, and she has the wrong number, but she says she must talk to someone."
Alan Dunn
1937
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink, she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit."
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink, she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit."
Leonard Freed
1976
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
Alan Dunn
1942
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
Alan Dunn
1960
Image Not Available for “I wish they wood train me for Pago Pago as I like it from what I seen in the movies.”
“I wish they wood train me for Pago Pago as I like it from what I seen in the movies.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"It's her third husband and fifth baby, or maybe her fifth husband and third baby. Anyway, she's in the hospital."
"It's her third husband and fifth baby, or maybe her fifth husband and third baby. Anyway, she's in the hospital."
Mary Petty
1933
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
Alan Dunn
1944
"That Sprouls kid must have kidney trouble - that's the fourth trip up she's made this afternoon!"
"That Sprouls kid must have kidney trouble - that's the fourth trip up she's made this afternoon!"
Alan Dunn
1948
"That Sprouls kid must have kidney trouble - that's the fourth trip up she's made this afternoon!"
"That Sprouls kid must have kidney trouble - that's the fourth trip up she's made this afternoon!"
Alan Dunn
1948