Wimpy Figurine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929-1950
label: date made
content: ca 1930-1950
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Large painted chalkware figurine of hamburger-loving J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye comics and cartoon series. Painting of figure is very simplistic and patchy. Wimpy is wearing a red bowler hat, blue coat, red shirt, black tie, white pants, and yellow shoes. Remains of glitter still visible on collar, tie, and hat brim.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Chalkware figurines were popular in the late 18th and early-mid 20th centuries. The figurines were usually made from sculpted gypsum or plaster moulds and painted with watercolors. Often these works were referred to as "carnival chalk" because they were given out as prizes at carnivals in the first half of the 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Janet Vart
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0064.28
label: accession number
content: 2009.0064
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0064.28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chalkware
label: Object Name
content: figurine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 5 in x 4 1/4 in; 36.83 cm x 12.7 cm x 10.795 cm