DescriptionPet-Squirrel-Grid-LIFE-1944.jpg	English: Photographs of Tommy Tucker, a tame Eastern gray squirrel living in Washington, D.C., a rodent renowned for entertaining children, visiting hospitals and supporting the war effort by selling war bonds.
Date	31 January 1944
Source	Life magazine, January 31, 1944 (page 93)
Author	Time Inc., photographs by Nina Leen
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This nine-image grid of photographs is the lead illustration in a feature story on the tame squirrel (c. 1942–1949). More information:

• Kelly, John. "Tommy Tucker, Washington’s most famous squirrel". The Washington Post, April 8, 2012.
• Kelly, John. "Tommy Tucker: Eternity’s satin doll of a squirrel is at last located". The Washington Post, April 18, 2012.
• "Meet Tommy Tucker, The 1940s Squirrel Who Used To Dress Up Like A Human". The Huffington Post, July 29, 2013.

LIFE issues from Volume 16 Number 1 through Volume 18 Number 13 are in public domain as their copyright was not renewed. This issue is Volume 16, Number 5.

• 1971: copyright renewal for Volume 15
• 1972: absence of copyright renewal for Volumes 16 and 17
• 1973: absence of copyright renewal for the first half of Volume 18; copyright renewal resumes with Volume 18 Number 14