Big boy of 13 still plays with dolls (shame on him)
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Dean, Gordon
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph article dated August 5, 1961 partially reads, "Happy Friedman is a 13-year-old boy who ought to know better than to play with dolls. Then again, Happy is a little retarded for a 13-year-old, and knows only three words. Besides, he's a parrot. 'Happy is all boy, but he has developed a doll complex,' said his owner, Mrs. Grace Friedman, 7128 Hayvenhurst Ave., Van Nuys. 'He insists on having dolls placed on the table next to his cage.' Mrs. Friedman lives at the one-acre site on Hayvenhurst avenue with her husband, Joe, a retired butcher. She obtained the Mexican double yellow-headed parrot (one head, lots of yellow feathers) when he was nine years old." Photograph caption reads, "Happy, 13, likes dolls, toy dogs, dancing, kissing - He's a male parrot with a doll complex."
Dwellings--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Stuffed animals (Toys)--California--Los Angeles Dolls--California--Los Angeles Parrots--California--Los Angeles Birds--California--Los Angeles Birds--Miscellanea Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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