Radio Guide
date: label: Date made
content: 1937-10-16
name: label: subject
content: Bergen, Edgar
label: maker
content: Annenberg, M. L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This booklet is a Radio Guide for the week ending October 16,1937. Featured on the cover are ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (1903–1978) and his puppet "Charlie McCarthy."
label: Description (Brief)
content: During the late 1930s, radio was a nationwide phenomenon, with over 40 million sets in use. Broadcasts covered the full spectrum of programming, from news reports and symphonies to scripted dramas and comedy-variety series. Able to enjoy varied entertainments in their homes, Americans were brought together through shared listening experiences.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
label: general subject association
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Radio broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Charlie McCarthy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: 1939 exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert J. Schurk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0840.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0840
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0840.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: booklet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: inks (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 10 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 27.305 cm