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Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description: Collection of scenes of people talking about the upcoming Saint Nicholas Ball. Top left: Two women talk on the phone about the fact that one has been invited but not the other. Top right: A man tries on his jacket. A woman cries into the phone. A man talks to a woman who is upset, presumably about not being invited. A woman explains to a man why her gloves wont work with her dress. Bottom left: A woman stands in a ball gown while a seamstress adjusts it. A man returns a box of dress clothes to the store because he wasnt invited. A man in underwear tries on a top hat. Saint Nicholas lifts a cloth covering his face to lick a stamp. Bottom right: A man in a mask puts invitations in the mail. The elephant holds his invitation.
Image Access WideTEK 25
[in margins: Thursday 11/13. 518+106=624. Local Saint Nicholas Ball. [illegible] Torn up. Walk. Courier 3 columns. 11/12/41.] You werent! Why I cant understand? Were in Box P. My tickets numbered 1437--and I cant let you use hubbys his has number 974. Yeah! Look right in the middle of page one of the rules that came with the ticket. Its a secret! No one knows who belongs--who invites you--etc. Members dare not tell--and its all free. All except the new clothes. It was this ball invitations you called poppycott and tore up--now 724 are going and were NOT. Im bringing it back--wasnt invited. Dress Clothes. St. Nicholas. Well Baldy--thats the end at last. Last stamp to lick--every seat is assigned. Stage. Armory Plan. I dont know, seems tight. He--he forgot to send in the acceptance card boo-hoo! What can I do I cant even find out who belongs. They were okay for sleeves so long. But my new dress has no sleeves so--. Well Nick old boy--from what Ive noted, a reading of Emily Post or such wouldnt be a miss for some of them! U.S. Mail. Why look I got one.
Origin: 2014
Created By: Karl Kae Knecht
Source: http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/1937
Collection: Karl K. Knecht Collection
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Subjects: Recreation
Local Affairs
Holidays
Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States

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