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"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."
"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."

"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1926
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 7 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (18.3 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 7 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (18.3 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1663
"Now, hush, Gladys! Another word about my morals and I'll send you right home."
"Now, hush, Gladys! Another word about my morals and I'll send you right home."
Alan Dunn
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"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 hope, Gladys, you didn't eat too much candy at the party.", "Holy smoke, Mamma, was there candy?"
"I hope, Gladys, you didn't eat too much candy at the party.", "Holy smoke, Mamma, was there candy?"
Alan Dunn
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"Yoo hoo, Gladys! Your Auntie Emma's coming up to kiss you goodbye."
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"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Do you mean to stand there and tell me you don't stop at Dobbs Ferry?"
"Do you mean to stand there and tell me you don't stop at Dobbs Ferry?"
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1928
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
"I can tell better where to put your hips when you tell me where you want your waist."
Mary Petty
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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'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."
"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."
Alan Dunn
1927
"I dread the day when I'll have to tell him about sex."
"I dread the day when I'll have to tell him about sex."
Alan Dunn
1937
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
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"Oh, there's something else I've got to tell you."
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1939