Pot-O-Gold Radio Program Prop
date: label: date made
content: ca 1939
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Prop from the Tum's "Pot-O-Gold" radio program. Papier mache prop in the shape of a pot with "coins" on top, painted gold. Attached to a wooden base.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The half hour Pot-O-Gold program was aired on Tuesday nights between 1919-1941 on NBC. A members of the studio audience would spin a wheel three times: The first spin helped randomly choose a phone book; the second spin a random page; and the final spin a random line from that page. The host would then call the telephone number. If someone answered the call they would win a cash prize of $1,000 dollars or more.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The show was revived for an additional season in 1946.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Television
label: Web Subject
content: Entertainment
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Norcliff Thayer inc. (through James H. Howe III)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0437.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0437
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0437.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: prop
label: Object Name
content: radio prop
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper mache (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 in x 89 in x 12 in; 144.78 cm x 226.06 cm x 30.48 cm