Plastic Flamingos
date: label: date made
content: ca 1996
notes: label: Description
content: In 1957, having studied at the Worcester Art Museum school, Don Featherstone (1936-2015) landed a job with Union Products, Inc., in Leominster, Ma. His first project there was designing Charlie the Duck lawn ornament. His most notable was designing a pair of pink flamingo lawn ornaments, in 1987.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Pink Flamingo Designer Proud of His Product,” The Hartford Courant (July 12, 1987), p. H5A.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Leominster
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0198.04
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0198.04
label: accession number
content: 2010.0198
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lawn ornaments
label: Object Name
content: Plastic Lawn Ornaments
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: upright flamingo: 12 1/4 in x 14 in x 4 in; 31.115 cm x 35.56 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: low flamingo: 7 in x 17 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 43.18 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: metal rod: 21 3/4 in x 1/8 in; 55.245 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 3/16 in x 12 in x 4 in; 53.81625 cm x 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: metal rods, each: 21 5/8 in x 1/8 in; 54.9275 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: short flamingo: 7 in x 18 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 45.72 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: tall flamingo: 13 1/2 in x 13 in x 4 in; 34.29 cm x 33.02 cm x 10.16 cm