Sesame Street finger puppets (Topper)

Educational Toys, Inc., a subsidiary of Topper Corp., produced the first line of Sesame Street finger puppets in 1971.
Topper lost the Sesame Street license in 1972, and the finger puppets were distributed in the last six months of 1972 by Gabriel Toys.Children's Television Workshop Newsletter number 28. March 30, 1973. Accessed at the Children's Television Workshop archives at the University of Maryland.
In 1973, the transition of the Sesame Street license to Questor began, with the company marketing another set of finger puppets based on Topper's original models. 
In the 1972 Topper catalog, Roosevelt Franklin, Sherlock Hemlock and Lefty The Salesman were marked as new additions to the line, though only Roosevelt is known to have been released on card.
Three finger puppets by Questor, distributed in Canada by Irwin Toy, are in the collection of the Canadian Museum of History.
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topper 1971 big bird finger puppet a.jpg
topper 1971 big bird finger puppet b.jpg
topper 1971 cookie monster finger puppet a.jpg
topper 1971 cookie monster finger puppet b.jpg
topper 1971 ernie finger puppet a.jpg
topper 1971 ernie finger puppet b.jpg
topper 1971 bert finger puppet a.jpg
topper 1971 bert finger puppet b.jpg
topper 1971 grover finger puppet a.jpg
topper 1971 grover finger puppet b.jpg
topper 1971 oscar finger puppet a.jpg
topper 1971 oscar finger puppet b.jpg
Topper Roosevelt Franklin finger puppet a.jpeg
Topper Roosevelt Franklin finger puppet b.jpeg
Topper Sherlock finger puppet a.jpeg
Topper lefty finger puppet a.jpeg
Topper Ernie rooted finger puppet a.jpeg
Topper Ernie rooted finger puppet b.jpeg
Topper Bert rooted finger puppet a.jpeg
Topper Bert rooted finger puppet b.jpeg
topper 1971 big bird finger puppet c.jpg
topper 1971 cookie monster finger puppet c.jpg
topper 1971 ernie finger puppet c.jpg
topper 1971 bert finger puppet c.jpg
topper 1971 grover finger puppet c.jpg
topper 1971 oscar finger puppet c.jpg
topper 1971 gift set finger puppet a.jpg
Topper finger puppet gift set Grover.jpeg
topper 1971 gift set finger puppet b.jpg
topper 1971 gift set finger puppet c.jpg
Topper catalog 1972 finger puppets.jpeg
1973 eatons catalog finger puppet.jpeg
==See also==
* Sesame Street finger puppets (Questor)
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Category:Sesame Street Toys
Category:Topper
Category:Finger Puppets