High Top Sneakers worn by Jon Provost in the role of Timmy on TV Series Lassie
date: label: date made
content: 1957 - 1964
name: label: wearer
content: Provost, Jon
notes: label: Description
content: These black canvas high-tops were worn by Jon Provost, the child actor who played Timmy on the television series <i>Lassie</i> (1957-64). Like many young sneaker owners, Provost customized his Keds by doodling on the rubber soles with a marker.
label: Description
content: Since their invention in the early 1900s, sneakers have been a mainstay of childhood fashion, valued for their comfortable fit and sturdy construction as well as their style.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Entertainment
label: general subject association
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Lassie
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
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content: National Treasures exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jon Provost
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0009.03
label: accession number
content: 1989.0009
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0009.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (shoe color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (shoe color)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (shoe material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (sole material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 9 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 22.86 cm x 8.89 cm