Mahdi's Magic Circle/ Jr. Magician
date: label: date made
content: ca 1933
name: label: maker
content: Adcraft Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Button promoting the 1930s era radio program <i>Mahdi's Magic Circle </i>. On the show, children would learn magic tricks from "Mahdi". In 1933 the program aired in the late afternoon/ early evening and was sponsored by Thompson's Dairy, Decatur, Il.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: Subject
content: Radio broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Magic shows
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00310
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00310
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm