"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

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"Now I know what that song means - 'have you ever seen a dream dancing'?"

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1934

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 10 1/2 × 10 13/16 in. (26.6 × 27.5 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 × 11 13/16 in. (34.5 × 30 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.234

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"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

71. Maturity. My visage strikes you, young man,/ As a vexatious reprimand;/ But when your years have passed fifty/ You will know just what it means.

71. Maturity. My visage strikes you, young man,/ As a vexatious reprimand;/ But when your years have passed fifty/ You will know just what it means.

José Guadalupe Posada

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"You know what you're getting into, don't you? A million men are idle right now in this country."

"You know what you're getting into, don't you? A million men are idle right now in this country."

Mary Petty

1930

"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."

Alan Dunn

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It was not by any means a lively morning

It was not by any means a lively morning

Mary Petty

1947

"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

Alan Dunn

1931

"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."

"The way I understand it, it means that now we can plant all the wheat we want."

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"You see, we have to build our navy up to what the other nations said they would build theirs up to, if we built ours up."

"You see, we have to build our navy up to what the other nations said they would build theirs up to, if we built ours up."

Mary Petty

1934

"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."

"You know, Mater, I decided it would be nice if you went to Germany and took some baths."

Mary Petty

1931

"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

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

Mary Petty

1947

"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."

"I am now soar because I can't get right in there and battle them Rising Sons of you know what."

Alan Dunn

1942

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