File:Tickle me elmo.jpg

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Description	Photograph of a Tickle Me Elmo doll.
Source	User:BlackCow
Portion used	Image of entire doll
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Fair use rationale for Tickle Me Elmo edit

Non-free media rationale for Tickle Me Elmo
Article	Tickle Me Elmo
Purpose of use	Identification and critical commentary of Tickle Me Elmo doll. It is being used to visually identify the subject of the article. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone.
Replaceable?	Because the image depicts a copyrighted work of art, there is no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:23, 3 January 2018		296 × 336 (12 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	05:52, 7 January 2006	No thumbnail	324 × 368 (63 KB)	BlackCow (talk \| contribs)	A picture of tickle me elmo taken by BlackCow on his camra phone.

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Tickle Me Elmo