Do Bee body suit
date: label: date made
content: 1960s
name: label: maker
content: Tinkers
notes: label: Description
content: This body suit was part of the Do Bee costume worn on the children’s television program, <i>Romper Room</i>. Doo Bee taught manners and good behavior.
label: Description
content: After its origins on local television in Baltimore in 1953, this show 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
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
label: used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: user
content: Doo Bee
label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John H. Claster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0179.02
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0179.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: costume
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: velour (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (wings material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (zipper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/2 in x 22 1/2 in; 95.25 cm x 57.15 cm