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"My husband doesn't know it yet, but here after I'm going to help him in a business way."
"My husband doesn't know it yet, but here after I'm going to help him in a business way."

"My husband doesn't know it yet, but here after I'm going to help him in a business way."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1927
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 7 1/16 × 9 11/16 in. (17.9 × 24.6 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 11/16 in. (17.9 × 24.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1696
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
“Can I get my money back if, when my husband sees it, , it fails to turn him on?”
Alan Dunn
1967
"I figure what Euripides doesn't know won't hurt him."
"I figure what Euripides doesn't know won't hurt him."
Alan Dunn
1963
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
"I got it straight from my hairdresser who has a customer whose husband knows a man who works for the very company in Canada- "
Alan Dunn
1956
"It wasn't long before the usual "kind friend" let my husband know I had found an outlet."
"It wasn't long before the usual "kind friend" let my husband know I had found an outlet."
Alan Dunn
1932
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
Alan Dunn
1931
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
Alan Dunn
1946
"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."
"She's not going to divorce him yet. She thinks he has another book in him."
Mary Petty
1935
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."
"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."
Alan Dunn
1940
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948