About the Artwork
Howdy Doody
1948
Velma Dawson
1912 - 2007
American
Unknown
Plastic wood, cloth, leather, and wood
Overall: 27 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (69.9 × 19.1 × 11.4 cm)
Puppets
Performing Arts
Gift of the National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
2001.53
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(National Broadcasting Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA);2001-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Velma Dawson, Howdy Doody, 1948, plastic wood, cloth, leather, and wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the National Broadcasting Company, Inc., 2001.53.
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