Foxy Grandpa
date: label: date made
content: ca 1903
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bookmark die-cut from a sheet of celluloid in the shape of a sprightly older man in spats and a straw hat, labeled "Foxy Grandpa Book Mark 2nd Year of the Musical Comedy." <i>Foxy Grandpa</i> was a comic strip created by Charles Edward "Bunny" Schultze that first appeared in January 1900. It featured a lively grandfather who was constantly one-upping his two grandsons' attempts at pranks and practical jokes.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The strip was incredibly popular, eventually printed as anthologies, becoming a Broadway hit and finally a series of live-action silent movies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0702
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0702
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bookmark
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.4 cm x 4 cm; 2 1/2 in x 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 13/16 in x 1/16 in; 6.35 cm x 4.60375 cm x .15875 cm