"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"

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"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1933

CultureAmerican

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumInk and crayon

Dimensions11 15/16 × 10 1/2 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.220

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"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

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"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"

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"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

"Then his father paid me ten thousand dollars never to see him again. It sort of gives you back your faith in men, don't it?"

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"You really think I'd look well..."

"You really think I'd look well..."

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1928

"It's simply a question of geography whether I marry you or not. Do I want to live in Cleveland?"

"It's simply a question of geography whether I marry you or not. Do I want to live in Cleveland?"

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"I told her I'd sooner marry the Ranger's goaltender, and she just sat there."

"I told her I'd sooner marry the Ranger's goaltender, and she just sat there."

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"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."

"Rubbish! Lots of children are unwanted-your father and I didn't want you."

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"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

1929

"I'd like you to meet Miss Tucker, who's over here on a Guggenheim, Miss Coley, who's here on a Fullbright, and Mr. Stewart, who's on his own."

"I'd like you to meet Miss Tucker, who's over here on a Guggenheim, Miss Coley, who's here on a Fullbright, and Mr. Stewart, who's on his own."

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"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"

"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"

Mary Petty

1933

"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."

Mary Petty

1930

"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."

"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."

Mary Petty

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