Little Orphan Annie
date: label: Date made
content: 1930s
name: label: maker
content: Beetleware Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This beetleware plastic mug with lid was a promotional item for the Little Orphan Annie radio show and it's sponsor, Ovaltine.
label: Description
content: Little Orphan Annie first aired in 1930 on Chicago's WGN, going national on NBC in 1931, where it aired for 11 years. The program followed the serialized adventures of the titular orphan, a spunky red-haired moppet, and her dog Sandy. Based on Harold Gray's popular syndicated newspaper comic strip, the program was on of the first radio shows to focus on a juvenile audience.
label: Description
content: In addition to the radio program, the character of Annie has been the focus of numerous film adaptations and a Broadway musical. The newspaper strip lasted in various forms until 2010.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen R. Cannon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0159.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0159
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0159.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mug
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 7 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 3/4 in