<i>Captain Kangaroo</i> jacket
date: label: Date made
content: 1955 - 1956
name: label: wearer
content: Keeshan, Robert
notes: label: Description
content: This dark blue jacket was worn by Robert Keeshan as the titular character in the television show, <i>Captain Kangaroo</i>.
label: Description
content: <i>Captain Kangaroo</i> premiered in 1955 and ran until 1984, making it the longest-running network television children’s show and winner of both Emmy and Peabody awards. Robert Keeshan played the lead role and Hugh Brannum played his pal, Mr. Green Jeans. After 1984, Keeshan brought the show to PBS where it ran until 1992.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Actors
label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: general subject association
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Keeshan Associates
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0420.01A
label: accession number
content: 1992.0420
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0420.01A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (buttons material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (badge material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 23 in; 86.36 cm x 58.42 cm