Mouseketeer hat worn by Lonnie Burr
date: label: Date made
content: 1980
name: label: maker
content: Lancaster
label: maker
content: Disneyland Resort
notes: label: Description
content: “MousekeEars” hat worn by Lonnie Burr, an original member of the <i>The Mickey Mouse Club</i> Mousketeers. It is not known exactly when these ears were created or used.
label: Description
content: <i>The Mickey Mouse Club</i> aired on ABC from 1955–1959. The popular television variety show featured a cast of children who participated in musical numbers, skits, and other clubhouse activities. Disney cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other characters were incorporated alongside live-action segments. Walt Disney used the show to help finance and promote his new Disneyland Park, which opened in 1955. The original show remained in syndication into the 1970s and was later revived as the <i>New Mickey Mouse Club</i>. Hats like this one were sold at the new Disneyland Park and remain popular souvenirs at Disney theme parks today.
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Anaheim
topic: label: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lonnie Burr
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0298.10
label: accession number
content: 2004.0298
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0298.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic textile (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in; x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 1/2 in x 7 in; 13.97 cm x 1.27 cm x 17.78 cm