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"I think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."
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"I think of you as rather more the Home Guard type, Fred."

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Date1940
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 16 1/4 × 13 3/8 in. (41.2 × 34 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1969.981
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"You'd think she'd rather forget Mexico. She got ringworm there."
"You'd think she'd rather forget Mexico. She got ringworm there."
Mary Petty
1936
"Personally, madam, I think you'd be more satisfied with the twins."
"Personally, madam, I think you'd be more satisfied with the twins."
Mary Petty
1928
"Under the circumstances, I thought your remark about the Wellesley crew was rather tactless."
"Under the circumstances, I thought your remark about the Wellesley crew was rather tactless."
Mary Petty
1935
"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"
"Look Eunice. Do you think that I can get by another season with this hat?"
Mary Petty
1933
"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"
"I'd like to marry you, Miss Ella. Do you think your father would be willing to talk turkey with me sometime?"
Mary Petty
1933
"I think there's another bath in it for you."
"I think there's another bath in it for you."
Mary Petty
no date
"Why don't you love Mr. Goring any more, Irene?"
"Why don't you love Mr. Goring any more, Irene?"
Mary Petty
1933
"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
"I think I smell mothballs."
"I think I smell mothballs."
Mary Petty
1939
"You really think I'd look well..."
"You really think I'd look well..."
Mary Petty
1928
"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
"May I have some more spinach, Mrs. Argyll?"
"May I have some more spinach, Mrs. Argyll?"
Mary Petty
1934
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