Oscar the Grouch’s Trash Can
date: label: date made
content: 1970s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This trash can is home to Oscar the Grouch from <i>Sesame Street</i>. There are handles on either side of the trash can and a lid with a handle on the top. Oscar the Grouch is a green furry monster who lives in a trash can on Sesame Street. He is always miserable and grouchy. Despite his grouchiness, Oscar is a valued friend to the other characters on Sesame Street, demonstrating the importance of understanding, tolerance, and diversity.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p><i>Sesame Street</i> is an educational children’s television program that mixes puppets, animation, and live actors. It premiered on November 10, 1969 and continues to air today. The show is aimed at preschoolers and teaches the audience reading, arithmetic, and other academic lessons in addition to basic life skills.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Sesame Street
label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Jim Henson
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Muppets, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0540.02
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0540.02
label: accession number
content: 1989.0540
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trash can
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)