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"Willard, why don't you try to meet the Collector of Internal Revenue sometime?"
"Willard, why don't you try to meet the Collector of Internal Revenue sometime?"

"Willard, why don't you try to meet the Collector of Internal Revenue sometime?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 7 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (19 × 23.1 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (19 × 23.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1774
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