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To Michael, this is what quintessential America looked like when he was a kid.
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It is absolutely beautiful.
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If “Elgin Park” were a real town, I would love to live there.
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He creates the scenes by setting up Danbury Mint and Franklin Mint die cast autos and trucks in front of his models on card tables.
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Then, he uses the surrounding scenery to make the backgrounds for the photos.
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