"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."

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"Remind me to give you my emergency telephone number."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1932

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 11 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (29.5 × 27.6 cm) Sheet: 14 × 12 7/16 in. (35.6 × 31.6 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.225

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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?"

Mary Petty

1931

"Madam is at the Grumman Aircraft Plant from nine to five, but she is not permitted to receive telephone calls."

"Madam is at the Grumman Aircraft Plant from nine to five, but she is not permitted to receive telephone calls."

Mary Petty

1943

"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"

"Why it's Wilson Metcalfe! And me thinking all my lecherous friends were dead!"

Mary Petty

1937

"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

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

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

Mary Petty

1933

"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

"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?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"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?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"Listen, Estelle! Tuesday I'm having lunch with an author! Do you want to have tea with me afterwards?"

"Listen, Estelle! Tuesday I'm having lunch with an author! Do you want to have tea with me afterwards?"

Mary Petty

1930

"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

"And I want each of you to promise me one thing..."

Mary Petty

1927

"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

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