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"Go right on talking, please. I can't find the buzzer."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1938
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumpencil ink
DimensionsObject: 13 3/8 × 13 5/8 in. (34 × 34.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1969.948
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"Go right on with your Fourth Dynasty, dear - I just dropped down to say Happy New Year."
"Go right on with your Fourth Dynasty, dear - I just dropped down to say Happy New Year."
Mary Petty
1955
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
"I was talking to the soda clerk about it, Leonard, and he says maybe you and I don't have enough interests."
Mary Petty
1929
"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."
"Please don't bite your nails, dear. You're all I have left."
Mary Petty
1931
"Can't I Kiss you without going through all this red tape?"
"Can't I Kiss you without going through all this red tape?"
Mary Petty
1935
"Look how fast they go! I guess they're not a student tour like we are."
"Look how fast they go! I guess they're not a student tour like we are."
Mary Petty
1930
"Don't go. I may never be like this again."
"Don't go. I may never be like this again."
Mary Petty
1934
"Please wrap it as a gift."
"Please wrap it as a gift."
Mary Petty
1938
No caption (Woman smelling flowers with sign Please do not Handle.)
No caption (Woman smelling flowers with sign Please do not Handle.)
Mary Petty
1934
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
Alan Dunn
1945
"We ought to do something-we can't leave everything to the Red Army, you know."
"We ought to do something-we can't leave everything to the Red Army, you know."
Mary Petty
1942
"I've finally decided to go to college. All you lose is four years."
"I've finally decided to go to college. All you lose is four years."
Mary Petty
1936
"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
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