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"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."
"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

Artist (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 14 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (36.2 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (40.4 × 24.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2283
"I've had you in the back of my head since 1905, Miss Greenleaf."
"I've had you in the back of my head since 1905, Miss Greenleaf."
Mary Petty
1934
"I've finally decided to go to college. All you lose is four years."
"I've finally decided to go to college. All you lose is four years."
Mary Petty
1936
"You see, we have to build our navy up to what the other nations said they would build theirs up to, if we built ours up."
"You see, we have to build our navy up to what the other nations said they would build theirs up to, if we built ours up."
Mary Petty
1934
"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."
"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."
Mary Petty
1931
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
Mary Petty
1947
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
"I've already told Lizzie we're enjoying perfect weather. Why don't you tell her we're having the time of our lives?"
Mary Petty
1930
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
Alan Dunn
1941
Time, burrowing like a mole below the ground, had marked his track by throwing up another heap of earth. And that was all.
Time, burrowing like a mole below the ground, had marked his track by throwing up another heap of earth. And that was all.
Mary Petty
1947
"I found myself running out of money, dear, so I've decided to take you into my confidence."
"I found myself running out of money, dear, so I've decided to take you into my confidence."
Alan Dunn
1941
1. The Bureaucrat. Among books and files/ I pass my life,/ And what is the result?/ Well...You see for yourself!
1. The Bureaucrat. Among books and files/ I pass my life,/ And what is the result?/ Well...You see for yourself!
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"I did these when I had the measles and they all had to be fumigated"
"I did these when I had the measles and they all had to be fumigated"
Mary Petty
1941