Romper Room School diploma
date: label: Date made
content: 1966
label: associated date
content: 1966
notes: label: Description
content: This Romper Room School diploma certifies that the donor, John Malloy, attended the Romper Room Television Kindergarten.
label: Description
content: After its origins on local television in Baltimore in 1953, <i>Romper Room</i> was soon franchised throughout the country. Its unique "local live syndication" gave the program local flavor by allowing tele-teachers in each city to lead their own studio class and home audience through identical activities and stories designed to introduce preschoolers to the classroom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: general subject association
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Davis Malloy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0533.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0533
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0533.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Diploma
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 29.845 cm x 23.495 cm