Key ring from the car giveaway episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show: Museum Object and Cultural History
Key ring from the car giveaway episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show: Date: 2004. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Used by: Harpo, Inc., American, founded 1986.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silver metal key ring connected to a square silver metal fob with rounded edges. One side of the fob has "Oprah" in the font of her signature etched at the center oriented diagonally. The other side has a tear-drop shaped rubber push switch with a circle indention in the center which functions as an on/off button for the red LED light. The fob has a whole in one corner with a small metal jump ring attached to the fob through the hole and then the jump ring is attached to the larger key ring.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2004
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Used by: Harpo, Inc., American, founded 1986
- Type: key rings
- Medium: metal, rubber, and glass
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/2 × 2 × 1/2 in. (8.9 × 5.1 × 1.3 cm)
- Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communication
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Television
- Object number: 2016.7.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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