Jelly Jar, Superman T.V. Treat
date: label: Date made
content: 1964
name: label: maker
content: Polaner
label: maker
content: Polaner
label: maker
content: Polaner
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Promotional "TV Treat" glass jelly jar featuring Superman. Made by the Polaner Company in 1964, it once held Concorde grape jelly. The jar features images of Superman in action, including upon the attached yellow paper label. The metal lid provides directions for the purchase of a "Superman Sliding Square Puzzle Game." The jelly jar was a commercial tie-in with the popular television show "Adventures of Superman."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Premiering in 1952, the syndicated "Adventures of Superman" ran for 6 seasons and 104 episodes. The role of Superman was portrayed by actor George Reeves, with Noel Neill as journalist Lois Lane, Jack Larson as cub reporter/photographer Jimmie Olson, and John Hamilton as editor Perry White. Although all episodes initially aired in black and white, the series shot it's final three seasons in color. In 1965 the episodes were broadcast in color for the first time.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The character of Superman first flew into action in 1938. The costumed superhero was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland Ohio, who used, among other things, classical mythology and the era's popular science fiction and adventure writing for inspiration.
label: Description (Brief)
content: With his debut in Action Comics #1, Superman became an instant sensation with audiences, inspired by the "Man of Tomorrow's" virtue and heroics at time when the Nation was slowly emerging from the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression and moving closer to World War.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Born on the doomed planet Krypton, Superman was sent to Earth as a child, where our world's yellow sun granted him extraordinary powers such as flight, super-strength, near-invulnerability, as well as other extraordinary abilities including heat and X-Ray vision. As an adult living in the city of Metropolis, the alien, born Kal-El, protects his identity by assuming the persona of Clark Kent, a "mild-mannered" journalist.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Fighting for "Truth and Justice," Superman birthed a cultural fascination with superheroes, and has become one of the most recognizable and influential fictional characters in history. In addition to comic books, the character has been explored in all forms of media, including radio, television, and film, and has been used to promote a variety of successful consumer products, educational initiatives and public service campaigns.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Superman
label: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Advertising
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: DC Comics, Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0213.128
label: accession number
content: 1987.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0213.128
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jar, Jelly
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 6.35 cm