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Flashback: That Time A Llama Took Broadway
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 23, 2011
Modified Sep 24, 2011
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Published Sep 23, 2011
Modified Sep 24, 2011
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Happy Friday... here are some photos of a llama cruising around West 44th Street. Redditors noticed this vintage photo of the llama, taken by Inge Morath in 1957, when Judy Holliday was starring in "Bells Are Ringing" at the Shubert Theater... but where was s/he going?
UPDATE: Thanks to a commenter, we now know this photo was from a LIFE magazine shoot, which you can read more about here. The llamas name was Linda, and she was on her way to make a television appearance at ABC!
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