Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol
date: label: date made
content: ca 1938
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gould, Chester
label: maker
content: Parisian Novelty Company
notes: label: Description
content: Blue pinback button with gold print featuring images of Dick Tracy and Junior Tracy over a policeman's badge.
label: Description
content: This pin was a premium awarded to members of the <i>Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol</i>, a "secret society" sponsored by Quaker Puffed Oats and Rice cereal. Children sent in package box tops and about ten cents to the company, and in return, they received a badge, a pledge, a code book, and a "Detecto-Kit".
label: Description
content: Quaker ran this promotion to capitalize on the success of the Dick Tracy radio program. The serial, folowing the exploits of the titular police detective, ran from 1934- 1948, taking some time off during the war years.
label: Description
content: Dick Tracy was originally created by Chester Gould in 1931 as a newspaper comic strip. Gould authored the strip until 1977, when it was taken over by other writers. Over the years, the character has been interpreted on radio, film and television.
label: Description
content: Tracy's adopted son, "Junior" was introduced in the newspaper strip in 1937.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: Subject
content: Radio broadcasts
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00513
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00513
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm