Dick Tracy Air Detective Pin
date: label: date made
content: ca
label: date made
content: ca 1938
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gould, Chester
notes: label: Description
content: This brass Dick Tracy Air Dective pin was a Quaker Cereal premium. In the center of wings is an image of an airplane with the title, <i>Dick Tracy Air Detective.</i>
label: Description
content: Children collected this iteration of the Dick Tracy premiums through the cereal company. It was advertised that the pin could be displayed on the "Dick Tracy Air Detective Aviation Cap" or "Dick Tracy Aviation/Hostess Cap".
label: Description
content: Quaker ran this promotion to capitalize on the success of the Dick Tracy radio program. The serial, folowing the exploits of the titular police detective, ran from 1934- 1948, taking some time off during the war years.
label: Description
content: Dick Tracy was originally created by Chester Gould in 1931 as a newspaper comic strip. Gould authored the strip until 1977, when it was taken over by other writers. Over the years, the character has been interpreted on radio, film and television.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: Subject
content: Radio broadcasts
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
label: Subject
content: Comics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1975.314637.8014
label: catalog number
content: 1975.314637.8014
label: accession number
content: 1975.314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; .635 cm x 5.715 cm