Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
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content: Mr. Wizard Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951 - 2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1326, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The photographs consist of black and white prints, color prints, transparencies, negatives, and slides documenting Don Herbert as Mr. Wizard. The majority of the photographs depict "on set" experiments/demonstrations  by Don Herbert and with child actors Rita McLaughlin and Alan Howard; on location shots; and other studio shots for many of Mr. Wizard's educational television programs. 

Portraits of Don Herbert, used for publicity purposes, can be found throughout this series. Other individuals depicted include Norma Kasell Herbert, second wife of Don Herbert, Ronald Reagan, Perry Como, Jane Mansfield, Dave Garroway and various production staff members.  Many of the photographs for the television series Experiment were taken by Charles Moore for Prism Productions, Inc. Family photographs of Don Herbert's parents, siblings, children, and other relatives are found in Series 1: Biographical Materials.  The materials are arranged chronologically. 

Other photographs documenting Watch Mr. Wizard episodes can be found in Series 2: Educational Programs and Projects. Each episode file contains black and white photographs taken during rehearsals to plan the experiment and diagrams on graph paper showing where he and his young assistants (Rita McLaughlin and Alan Howard) would stand and move. Additionally, other loose photographs can be found throughout the collection, especially for the science program Experiment in Series 2: Educational Programs and Projects.