Frederick Douglass Hand Puppet
date: label: Date made
content: 1998
name: label: transferring agency
content: Lemelson Center
label: depicted
content: Douglass, Frederick
label: user
content: Brewery Troupe, Inc.
label: maker
content: Brewery Troupe, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This large arm puppet represents Frederick Douglass, the renowned 19th century abolitionist, journalist, and statesman. Douglas is made of soft plush fabric and batting and is dressed in 19th century style. Douglass is one of three puppets created to celebrate the 150th birthday of Lewis Latimer (1848-1928), an African American scientist, inventor, and engineer.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1998, the Lemelson Center at the National Museum of American History commissioned the Brewery Troupe of Freeport, New York, to create puppets that could be used in their education program "Lewis Latimer: The Renaissance Man". In addition to Douglass, puppets representing Lewis Latimer and Thomas Edison were created for the program.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Brewery Troupe was founded in 1973 by Brad Brewer, an accomplished puppeteer who trained under Jim Henson and performed puppetry shows on TV and the stage. The Brewery Troupe's goal is to interpret African American literature, music, and humor through the arts of the puppet theater.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Freeport
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Anti-Slavery
label: Subject
content: Invention
label: Subject
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0144.03
label: accession number
content: 1999.0144
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0144.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 124.5 cm x 53.25 cm; 49 in x 20 15/16 in