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[Maid smoking while serving dinner party]
[Maid smoking while serving dinner party]

[Maid smoking while serving dinner party]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1943
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon and ink
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (21 x 30.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0861
"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
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
Alan Dunn
1964
"Now the Twelfth Sales Division will reach Paris at 1630 O'clock, while on the north the Fifth will establish contact with the Belgian Import Group...."
"Now the Twelfth Sales Division will reach Paris at 1630 O'clock, while on the north the Fifth will establish contact with the Belgian Import Group...."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
Alan Dunn
1946
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
"...and while I am no Buffalo Bill I gess I could hit an enemy if he was well bunched and did not come at me zigg-zagg."
Alan Dunn
1941
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"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
"While we're at it, we might as well put up a couple more for Japan and Outer Mongolia just in case."
"While we're at it, we might as well put up a couple more for Japan and Outer Mongolia just in case."
Alan Dunn
1956
"Good morning, Colonel. While you overslept, you were ousted in a palace coup, and I must say your breakfast was delicious."
"Good morning, Colonel. While you overslept, you were ousted in a palace coup, and I must say your breakfast was delicious."
Alan Dunn
1971
"I'm so disappointed! I was hoping he'd pray for a Rockefeller landslide while he still steam up."
"I'm so disappointed! I was hoping he'd pray for a Rockefeller landslide while he still steam up."
Alan Dunn
1958
"Now Lady Bird will execute a flanking salient into the South, while Lynda Bird and Luci Baines fan out into the interior..."
"Now Lady Bird will execute a flanking salient into the South, while Lynda Bird and Luci Baines fan out into the interior..."
Alan Dunn
1964
No caption (soldier and family at dinner)
No caption (soldier and family at dinner)
Alan Dunn
1945