Joe E Brown Bike Club
date: label: date made
content: ca 1934
name: label: Associated Name
content: Quaker Oats Company
label: maker
content: Parisian Novelty Company
notes: label: Description
content: Quaker Oats Cereal premium pin back button featuring film comedian Joe E. Brown. Marked “Member/ Joe E. Brown/ Bike Club” the button likely also promoted Brown’s 1934 movie <i>6 Day Bike Rider </i>. The popular funnyman was successful as both a lead and supporting actor, performing in a variety of roles, including in such films as <i>On with the Show (1929)</i>, <i>A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream (1935) </i> and <i>Some Like it Hot (1959) </i>.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: name of sport
content: Bicycling
label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Promotional Item
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Col. Donald A. Seibert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0210.19
label: accession number
content: 1986.0210
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0210.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm