Placard, Mystère
notes: label: Description
content: Julia Child occasionally used French bistro signs as props on the early episodes of <i>The French Chef</i> television series, which first aired in 1963. This sign, in red and black lettering, advertises a “Mystery,” perhaps an acknowledgment that many Americans found French cuisine mysterious and strange. Julia’s introduction of unfamiliar cuisine through humor and a sense of adventure brought the message home to viewers in an accessible and memorable way.
place: label: used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
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content: Home and Community Life: Occupations
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
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content: Julia Child's Kitchen
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Julia Child
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0253.0740
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0253.0740
label: accession number
content: 2001.0253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: placard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 2 in; 60.96 cm x 5.08 cm