"Say when."

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"Say when."

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New Yorker, May 13, 1939, page 24

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1939

CultureAmerican

ClassificationsCartoon

MediumCrayon and ink

Dimensions15 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1969.954

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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."

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"I don't say I don't like it, my dear, even if you do look kind of buttony."

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"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."

"The doctor says it's wonderful the way I hold on to my teeth."

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"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."

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"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."

"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."

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