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Title: Uncle Tom on a stick
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection;
Creator: McCulloh, Douglas
Contributor: Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 200-
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's caption reads, "Amelia had the head of her Uncle Tom on a Home Depot paint stir stick. The prop is part of a multi-year scheme to photograph Tom "visiting" national landmarks, then surprise Tom with his amazing out-of-body travels. Ten-month-old Amelia was hugely attracted to the head. She waved it then kissed it, waved it then kissed it. Amelia's mom (Tom's sister) also stole one of Tom's coats for a side project. "Gee, you must have left it somewhere." So far, she's photographed three of his former girlfriends wearing the distinctive brown jacket. Tom's been a busy guy; she has quite a few more former girlfriends to go."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 36 cm. on sheet 26 x 38 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00081658
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection;
GPC_b4_f2_i35
CARL0004974190
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3795
Subject: Infant girls--California--Los Angeles
Photography--Special effects
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs

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