WGBH
notes: label: Description
content: Blue, green, and white umbrella with wooden handle. WGBH is printed on it.
label: Description
content: In the 1970s, the Boston-area public broadcasting service began offering umbrellas as thank you gifts, also known as premiums, to supporters. Lo Hartnett, a longtime member of the WGBH Development (fundraising) staff, recalled that “one of the first major premiums within public broadcasting was the umbrella” and that the idea came from university fundraising efforts and proved very popular. This umbrella dates from the early 2000s and belonged to Henry Becton, a longtime WGBH staff member. The service’s television channel is known as Channel 2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Henry Becton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0274.02
label: accession number
content: 2018.0274
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0274.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: umbrella
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal; cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (closed): 94 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm; 37 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in