Channel 2 Auction apron
notes: label: Description
content: This apron was worn by Steve Wasserman as a volunteer at fundraising auctions for the Boston-area public broadcast station, WGBH. The station's television channel was Channel 2. Wasserman started volunteering at WGBH auctions in the mid-1960s during college and has continued volunteering in various capacities for 50 years. During the annual weeklong auctions, those involved wore aprons identifying each person by role. The aprons worn by people serving as troubleshooters, Wasserman recalled, were red. He also remembered the apron pockets as useful because auction personnel were frequently carrying things, such as the auction memo pads Wasserman used (2018.0286.03), around with them.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Steven Wasserman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0286.02
label: accession number
content: 2018.0286
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0286.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: apron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 74 cm x 56 cm; 29 1/8 in x 22 1/16 in