Lillian Virginia Mountweazel

Lillian Virginia Mountweazel is a fictional character, a copyright trap 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.
In popular culture
From March 19 to March 31, 2009, Lillian Virginia Mountweazel was the subject of an exhibit at the Monster Truck Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland. Philip Kennedy, Teresa Gillespie, Sabina McMahon, Jim M. Ricks, Fiona S. Hallinan and Françoise de Mulneton produced articles examining her fictitious life and works.
 
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