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    		• Hamlin, V. T.,
     
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    		• Ayers, Bernie W.,
     
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    		• Alldredge, Wayne,
     
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    		• Collett, D.,
     
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    		• Brooks, Harley,
     
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    		• Literature -- Character
     
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    		• Literature -- Hamlin, V. T.
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Iraan
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Alley Oop's Top Hat, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hamlin, V. T., designer.
    Ayers, Bernie W., architect.
    Alldredge, Wayne, fabricator.
    Collett, D., fabricator.
    Brooks, Harley, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Alley Oop's Top Hat, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1967.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted steel, concrete; Base: steel, concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 20 ft. x W. 29 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 30 ft. x 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of figure's top hat:) H.H. Brooks & D. Collett signed
    Description: 
    Colossal bust of the cartoon character Alley Oop. He wears a top hat and smokes a cigar. The black and white steel and concrete sculpture rests on a low black steel and concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Character -- Alley Oop
    Literature -- Hamlin, V. T.
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Smoking
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Iraan
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Iraan, City Council, 504 East 6th Street, Iraan, Texas 79744
    Located Alley Oop City Park, 1000 Park Side Street, Iraan, Texas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is a representation of Hamlin's cartoon character Alley Oop. The sculpture was installed at the Alley Oop Fantasy Land in Iraan. IAS files contain copy of related article from Electric Times (West Texas Utilities Company), June 1965.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS TX000962
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