Sesame Street 10th Birthday Poster
Object Details
- Associated Name
- Children's Television Workshop
- Random House, Inc.
- Description (Brief)
- Poster advertising the 10th season of Sesame Street. The poster features several Muppet characters from the main cast including Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Count von Count, Bert, Ernie, and Oscar the Grouch all wearing party hats. Sesame Street is an educational children’s television program that mixes puppets, animation, and live actors. It premiered on November 10, 1969 and continues to air today. The show is aimed at preschoolers and teaches the audience reading, arithmetic, and other academic lessons in addition to basic life skills.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1979
- ID Number
- 2017.3021.045
- nonaccession number
- 2017.3021
- catalog number
- 2017.3021.045
- Object Name
- poster
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 20 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 51.435 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Jim Henson
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Sesame Street
- Television
- Television broadcasts
- Children's television programs
- Puppetry
- Record ID
- nmah_1836899
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-40ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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