Object Details
- Manufacturer
- National Fireworks, Inc.
- Summary
- This advertisement, probably dating to the 1940s, sold fireworks, including Buck Rogers fireworks, named after the famous American fictional space hero who first appeared as a comic strip character in 1929.
- Created as a character by Philip Francis Nowlan in the short story “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” first published in the pulp magazine Amazing Stories in August 1928, Buck Rogers became a daily comic strip when National Newspaper Service president John F. Dille recruited Nowlan to write a strip that would be illustrated by Dick Calkins. A color Sunday strip appeared in 1930 and Buck Rogers became a radio program in 1932. Associated merchandise reflected the diversity of the Buck Rogers adventure stories, most of which were space-themed (but not all).
- Michael O'Harro donated this artifact to the Museum in 1992.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael O'Harro; Copyright Probably. John F. Dille, Chicag, and National Fireworks, Inc., Boston, Mass.
- Inventory Number
- A19972692000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Paper
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 27.6 × 19.1cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19972692000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a16f96cc-3a03-49df-a41a-0b85c6a8930c
