Object Details
- Rollins, Hazelle H.
- Southern Comfort Company
- Rollins, Hazelle H.
- Description (Brief)
- This is one of a pair of marionettes made of molded plastic and dressed in clothing resembling a southern belle and her gentlemen friend. They were used on television to advertise a popular alcoholic drink, Southern Comfort, and are operated with eight strings. The female character is dressed in a fussy, white organza ruffled dress with a yellow underskirt, a matching yellow silk ribbon bow at the neckline and waist and dons a matching white organza hat trimmed with lace.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Hazelle H. and J. Woodson Rollins
- 1957
- ID Number
- 1982.0362.02
- accession number
- 1982.0362
- catalog number
- 1982.0362.02
- Object Name
- puppet
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- silk (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 1/2 in x 4 in; 41.91 cm x 10.16 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, Kansas City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Puppets
- Advertising
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Puppetry
- Radio and television broadcasting
- Subject
- Television broadcasts
- Consumerism
- Drinking
- general subject association
- Television
- Record ID
- nmah_662183
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3824-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
