Flashlight Toy from M*A*S*H
date: label: date made
content: 1983
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Flashlight toy from the television series M*A*S*H. Toy is dark green plastic with a metal switch and clip. M*A*S*H logo printed in yellow on flashlight along with red cross with yellow background. Packaging features a color photograph of the cast of M*A*S*H.
label: Description (Brief)
content: M*A*S*H was a movie and television series that followed the fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Unit (MASH) during the Korean War. MASH began as a novel by Richard Hooker published in 1968 based on his experiences as a surgeon in the 8055th MASH in South Korea. The film MASH was based off of the novel and released in 1970. The television spin-off from the novel, M*A*S*H, aired from 1972-1983 along with spin-offs such as Trapper John, M.D. (1979-1986) and AfterMASH (1983-1985).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: M*A*S*H
label: Subject
content: Toys
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Military
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content: M*A*S*H Television Series
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Twentieth Century Fox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0252.535
label: accession number
content: 1985.0252
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0252.535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: packaging: 11 in x 5 in x 2 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: flashlight: 7 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 18.415 cm x 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm