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"I expected it to smell more like Elizabeth Arden's Pine Bath Essence."
"I expected it to smell more like Elizabeth Arden's Pine Bath Essence."

"I expected it to smell more like Elizabeth Arden's Pine Bath Essence."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1940
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (34.6 × 27.6 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (34.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0759
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
"I would like to bust more than I do but the crockery they use in the army is more like cement lawn furniture."
Alan Dunn
1941
"How would you like your bath in eager yellows and laughing reds?"
"How would you like your bath in eager yellows and laughing reds?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"I'd like to hear more about you "Go Now--Pay Later" plan."
"I'd like to hear more about you "Go Now--Pay Later" plan."
Alan Dunn
1955
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
81. Fat and Stylish. You smell like a fleshy mullein plant— / You bore me without end;/ You’re big enough for two women— / And I’m regretting that I know you.
81. Fat and Stylish. You smell like a fleshy mullein plant— / You bore me without end;/ You’re big enough for two women— / And I’m regretting that I know you.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"I think I smell mothballs."
"I think I smell mothballs."
Mary Petty
1939
"I see two rooms, bath and kitchenette in Queens, but it doesn't become available until next July."
"I see two rooms, bath and kitchenette in Queens, but it doesn't become available until next July."
Alan Dunn
1946
"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."
"I don't get no more rest from this than Ann Corio the strip tease dancer."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."
"Please don't send me no more packages unless I have asked for them."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
"Sicily must be wonderful since the Americans came. I understand the trains don't even run on time any more."
Alan Dunn
1943
"Well, all right. Just one more slice and then I must be getting on with my diet."
"Well, all right. Just one more slice and then I must be getting on with my diet."
Alan Dunn
1930
"...five to a tent, but I am not getting any two much rest on account of the old saying that two is company and three more is overcrowding."
"...five to a tent, but I am not getting any two much rest on account of the old saying that two is company and three more is overcrowding."
Alan Dunn
1941