"There's supposed to be a secret drawer in it somewhere."

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"There's supposed to be a secret drawer in it somewhere."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)

Date1937

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 13 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (35.3 × 21.6 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1969.960

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"There's a certain honesty about them I like."

"There's a certain honesty about them I like."

Mary Petty

1936

"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."

"I like it because there's nothing cringing about it."

Mary Petty

1937

"I think there's another bath in it for you."

"I think there's another bath in it for you."

Mary Petty

no date

"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"

"En garde, Piercely-there's a miller in your beard!"

Mary Petty

n.d.

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

"I'll wait for him one more year. I keep telling myself he may be having engine trouble somewhere."

Mary Petty

1939

He was born to be a secret.

He was born to be a secret.

Mary Petty

1947

"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"

"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"

Alan Dunn

1968

"I can give you Samuel F. B. Morse, Mr. Wells, or Mr. Fargo right away, but there's a half hour's delay in getting through to Alexander Graham Bell."

"I can give you Samuel F. B. Morse, Mr. Wells, or Mr. Fargo right away, but there's a half hour's delay in getting through to Alexander Graham Bell."

Alan Dunn

1970

"Damn it all! There's been a leak."

"Damn it all! There's been a leak."

Alan Dunn

1943

"There's no law against it, is there?"

"There's no law against it, is there?"

Alan Dunn

1957

"Oh, there's something else I've got to tell you."

"Oh, there's something else I've got to tell you."

Alan Dunn

1939

"You mean there's no executive-development program here?"

"You mean there's no executive-development program here?"

Alan Dunn

1955

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