Lillian Virginia Mountweazel

Lillian Virginia Mountweazel

Lillian Virginia Mountweazel is a fictional character, a copyright trap [ [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/29/050829ta_talk_alford "Not a word"] , Henry Alford, "The New Yorker", August 29, 2005. Retrieved June 29 2007] inserted into the 1975 "New Columbia Encyclopedia". Her biography indicates she lived from 1942 to 1973, and was a U.S. fountain designer and photographer, best known for her collection of photos of rural American mailboxes, "Flags Up!". According to the fictional biography, she was born in Bangs, Ohio, and died in an explosion while on assignment for "Combustibles" magazine.

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