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[Man Showing Off Stuffed Toy]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.77 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1953-1963 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

One photograph not dated. Shows a man laughing into the camera as he shows off a stuffed toy, possibly a tiger. A crowd around him watch, or also look into the camera. Next to him is a woman helping to hold up the toy.

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