One Man's Family Commemorative 20th Anniversary Plate
date: label: date made
content: 1952
name: label: Associated Name
content: Morse, Carlton E.
label: maker
content: Homer Laughlin China Co.
notes: label: Description
content: China plate celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the radio program One Man's Family. The plate features stylized images of the show's characters.
label: Description
content: The brainchild of writer Carlton E. Morse, the radio soap opera One Man's Family debuted on the west coast on, April 29, 1932 expanding to national audiences the following year. The show followed the evolving lives of California stockbroker, Henry Barbour, and his family.
label: Description
content: A version of the show aired on primetime television from 1949 to 1952, and during the day from 1954 to 1955.
label: Description
content: One Man's Family aired its final radio episode on April 24, 1959. Amassing a total of 3,256 episodes, the show was the longest running serial in radio history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: Subject
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carlton E. Morse
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0174.06
label: accession number
content: 1989.0174
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0174.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in; 21.59 cm