Woody Woodpecker animation model
name: label: associated person
content: Lantz, Walter
label: maker
content: Walter Lantz Productions
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wood and felt model of Woody Woodpecker used as a reference for animators involved in the production of Woody Woodpecker cartoon shorts. The model is articulated to allow it to be positioned as the animator desires. The head is painted red with a yellow beak and white and black eyes with a black open mouth. The body is blue felt over a wood torso painted red with a white collar. The legs are painted yellow and orange.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Woody Woodpecker was one of the best-loved and most memorable American cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Between 1940 and 1972, Woody appeared in nearly 200 animated shorts produced by Walter Lantz and distributed by Universal and United Artists. The plucky, self-confident woodpecker with a staccato laugh became a popular culture icon, painted on the nose of combat aircraft during World War II, appearing in other forms of media, serving as mascot for Universal Studios, and depicted on a wide range of retail merchandise and toys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: related object association proper name
content: Cartoon Characters
label: general subject association
content: Animation
label: Subject
content: Comedy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gracie and Walter Lantz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0567.22
label: accession number
content: 1982.0567
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0567.22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model, Animation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 6 in x 4 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm x 12.065 cm