Sombrero worn by Mel Blanc portraying "Sy, the Little Mexican"
date: label: date made
content: around 1950
name: label: wearer
content: Blanc, Mel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This straw sombrero was worn by actor Mel Blanc portraying “Sy, The Little Mexican” on Jack Benny’s radio and television programs in the 1950s. The character, said to be from Tijuana, answered Benny’s questions with a monosyllabic “Si” or other variations of the word in a Mexican accent with a deadpan stare.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
topic: label: general subject association
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Race
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mel J. Blanc
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0247.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0247
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0247.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: straw (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (ventilation holes material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 20 in; 19.05 cm x 50.8 cm