Pair of sneakers worn by Bob (Bob McGrath) on Sesame Street
date: label: Date made
content: 1979
label: date made
content: before 1979
name: label: maker
content: New Balance Athletic Shoe
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: These blue New Balance sneakers are part of a costume worn by Bob (Bob McGrath) in early seasons of Sesame Street. McGrath was one of the first human cast members of Sesame Street and portrayed Bob, a white music teacher who offers vocal and instrumental instruction to the street’s residents and visitors. Bob and several other original cast members’ characters were retired from the show at the end of season 45 in 2015.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Sesame Street (1969-present) is the longest-running children’s television series in American history, and one of the most influential and impactful programs in the history of the medium. First developed by producer Joan Ganz Cooney to use all the entertaining tools of commercial television to teach preschool aged children, the series was also a notable effort to use public television to reach minority and low-income communities who otherwise lacked educational opportunities. The series combines live action sequences set in a Harlem-like neighborhood of urban brownstones and small businesses with animated segments, catchy modern music, popular culture parodies, and integrates Jim Henson’s Muppets, a memorable mélange of entertaining scenes that have made Sesame Street a favorite of children and parents alike. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop (known before 2000 as the Children’s Television Workshop) and premiered on the National Educational Television (NET) network in 1969 before that early educational broadcaster transitioned to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1970. Since 2016, Sesame Street has aired new episodes on HBO although reruns still air on PBS.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related object association proper name
content: Sesame Street
label: general subject association
content: Costume
label: general subject association
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Children's Television Workshop (through Robert A. Hatch)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0952.13
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0952.13
label: accession number
content: 1979.0952
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shoes, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: shoes, pair of,
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather; rubber; paint; cotton; polyurethane (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 10.795 cm x 29.845 cm