"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."

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"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1934

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 7 9/16 × 8 7/16 in. (19.2 × 21.5 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (25.2 × 25.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.223

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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

"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."

"I just heard Herbert say 'Ergo'. That means if we don't do something we won't get out of here till two o'clock."

Mary Petty

1936

"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

"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."

"No. Let me see some plain, simple little hats - something I can wear in my unemployment-committee work."

Mary Petty

1931

"If I take the 4:17, that will get me home in time..."

"If I take the 4:17, that will get me home in time..."

Mary Petty

1932

"Promise you'll wait for me, I want something real to come back to."

"Promise you'll wait for me, I want something real to come back to."

Mary Petty

no date

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

"He figures that if he doen't pay the sales tax it'll save us book- keeping because he's on the dole and he'll just get it right back."

Mary Petty

1935

"If the dress is too sombre, we can pep it up with a clerical bib."

"If the dress is too sombre, we can pep it up with a clerical bib."

Mary Petty

1934

"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

"So nice to see you Alicia. I've had you on my bring-up file all spring."

Mary Petty

1939

"And just as Dr. Ewing pronounced them man and wife, the old family lace began to crack up"

"And just as Dr. Ewing pronounced them man and wife, the old family lace began to crack up"

Mary Petty

1937

"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."

"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."

Mary Petty

1947

"This is where you'll sleep, Professor."

"This is where you'll sleep, Professor."

Mary Petty

1928

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