Pilgrim Woman Marionette
name: label: user
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
label: maker
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
label: manufacturer
content: Hazelle Inc. Airplane Control
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of a pair of marionettes dressed like Pilgrims which premiered in 1949 on a Kansas City Missouri television station (KCTV) in 1949. Hazelle Rolllins used the pair for several years for Thanksgiving programs that featured the art of puppetry. The female pilgrim wears a white cap, white satin blouse, and cotton skirt, gray cape, white felt collar, white leggings, and black plastic shoes. She is the female counterpart to a male pilgrim puppet (1980.0910.03). Though the puppeteer didn't name her, she may be Priscilla Mullens Alden, member of the fabled couple who met on the ship, the Mayflower, en route to America.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Created by Hazelle Hedges Rollins in the late 1930s. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Hazelle Rollins was a puppeteer who trained with Tony Sarg and is the creator of over 300 string, hand, and finger puppets. She holds four patents in the puppetry field, including the airplane control marionette that is easy to manipulate. By 1975, Hazelle Inc was the world's largest exclusive manufacturer of marionettes, hand, and finger puppets.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
label: general subject association
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Consumerism
label: Subject
content: Immigration
label: Subject
content: Pilgrims
label: Subject
content: Christianity
label: depicted
content: Pilgrims
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anne W. and John W. Rollins, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0910.04
label: accession number
content: 1980.0910
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0910.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
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content: wood (overall material)
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content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 7 in; 38.1 cm x 17.78 cm