"Now this one has more go."

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"Now this one has more go."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1937

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumink crayon

DimensionsObject: 10 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (26.8 × 23.9 cm) Sheet: 10 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (26.8 × 23.9 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1986.269

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"What's more, you won't get into any trouble in a fishnet bathing suit. It has the O.K. of the Police Department."

"What's more, you won't get into any trouble in a fishnet bathing suit. It has the O.K. of the Police Department."

Mary Petty

1935

"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

"We might go over and leave cards at that new house that has the chute-the-chutes."

Mary Petty

1933

"He has two personalities: a captain of artillery whom all the world knows - and the other one."

"He has two personalities: a captain of artillery whom all the world knows - and the other one."

Mary Petty

1932

"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."

"This one's thirty cents more, it has more "up"."

Alan Dunn

1939

"He's Harvard summa cum laude, of course. He has that to fight."

"He's Harvard summa cum laude, of course. He has that to fight."

Mary Petty

1938

"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

"I hear Mrs. Hargreaves has given up her brownstone front."

"I hear Mrs. Hargreaves has given up her brownstone front."

Mary Petty

1932

"That's it - nothing much has happened to us since the war."

"That's it - nothing much has happened to us since the war."

Mary Petty

1930

"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."

"Her husband has been delirious for days. He keeps calling for a Mrs. Hatfield."

Mary Petty

1936

"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."

"I don't know whether this has any bearing on the case, Doctor, but he's allergic to Philadelphia scrapple."

Mary Petty

1937

"More bad news, gentlemen. The Sheik of El Quisaiba has turned in one of his Cadillacs for a Zis."

"More bad news, gentlemen. The Sheik of El Quisaiba has turned in one of his Cadillacs for a Zis."

Alan Dunn

1957

76. The Grim Reaper. Come! Let’s flee!/ But no one can escape;/ Death has to be, / And some go more cheaply than the rest.

76. The Grim Reaper. Come! Let’s flee!/ But no one can escape;/ Death has to be, / And some go more cheaply than the rest.

José Guadalupe Posada

1947

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