Channel 2 toy: Museum Object and Cultural History
Channel 2 toy: date made: ca 1975. Object Name: advertisement. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a full page advertisement with an image of a wooden toy in the shape of a 2 on the bottom half of the page. The bolded heading reads "From the wonderful folks who brought you that $30 Channel 2 umbrella: a $30 block of wood on wheels." The back of the page is blank.
The Boston-area public broadcasting service WGBH placed this newspaper advertisement offering a premium, or thank you gift, in return for financial contributions. WGBH was a pioneer in public media fundraising and offered the wooden toy featured in this ad to donors in the 1970s.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1975
- Object Name: advertisement
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 58.4 cm x 43.1 cm x .01 cm; 23 in x 16 31/32 in x in
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Associated Place: China
- ID Number: 2018.0274.04
- accession number: 2018.0274
- catalog number: 2018.0274.04
- Credit Line: Henry Becton
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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