Placard, Frites
notes: label: Description
content: Julia Child occasionally used French bistro signs as props on the early episodes of <i>The French Chef</i> television series, which first aired in 1963. This sign, in red and black lettering, advertises “Frites,” or French fries, one of the few French foods she knew her American audience would find familiar. Julia’s introduction of both favorite dishes and unfamiliar cuisine through humor and a sense of adventure brought the message home to viewers in an accessible and memorable way.
place: label: used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
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content: Home and Community Life: Occupations
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
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content: Julia Child's Kitchen
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Julia Child
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0253.0742
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0253.0742
label: accession number
content: 2001.0253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: placard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 cm x 15 cm; 9 7/16 in x 5 29/32 in