Davy Crockett drinking glass: Museum Object and Cultural History
Davy Crockett drinking glass: Date made: 1954 - 1956. depicted (sitter): Crockett, Davy. Object Name: glass, drinking.
The object in the museum catalogue
Clear frosted drinking glass with scene of Davy Crockett and Native Americans in brown. Actor Fess Parker popularized the folk hero Davy Crockett in the television adventure series Davy Crockett, which aired from 1954 until 1955, and in two films, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955) and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956).
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1954 - 1956
- depicted (sitter): Crockett, Davy
- Object Name: glass, drinking
- Physical Description: glass (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 in x 2 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 6.985 cm
- associated subject: Motion Pictures
- associated subject: Television
- ID Number: 1990.0449.02
- accession number: 1990.0449
- catalog number: 1990.0449.02
- Credit Line: Gift of Joanne M. and William R. Bruegman III
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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