It is said that Tommy Tucker roughshod from a tree 1 fine afternoon inwards 1942 inwards the backyard of the Bullis’ job solid , inwards Washington , D.C. , spell he was withal a blind too hairless baby. Zaidee Bullis , a childless woman bring upward too married adult woman to a dental surgeon , adopted the tiny squirrel too made him a household unit of measurement pet. She fed him , bathed him , too pose him to slumber on a tiny bed. But what Mrs. Bullis liked the most was dressing him up. Tommy Tucker had nigh 30 dissimilar costumes , too although Tommy was a man child , all his outfits were woman somebody for the elementary argue that his tail would non stand upward for inwards pants.
“Tommy has a coat too chapeau for going to marketplace position , a silk pleated clothes for companionship , a Red Cross uniform for visiting the infirmary ,” wrote LIFE journal when he appeared on impress inwards 1944 , consummate amongst a gallery of photographs —the same ones on this page— taken yesteryear Nina Leen.
LOLCats From Yesteryears: Photographs yesteryear Harry Whittier Frees
Washington Post / Jack Benny inwards the 1940s