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Costume worn by children's TV personality Wunda Wunda, ca. 1970
From 1953-1972 Ruth Prins entertained Seattle children as TV storyteller Wunda Wunda. Dressed in a bright clown costume and assisted by animal friends Henry Happy Goose and Albert Wise Owl, she transported her viewers with tales of exciting adventures and distant places.
ID Number:2002.19.1
Date:Circa 1970
Henry the Goose hand puppet from the "Wunda Wunda" show, ca. 1950s
From 1953-1972, Ruth Prins entertained Seattle children as TV storyteller Wunda Wunda. Dressed in a bright clown costume and assisted by animal friends Henry Happy Goose and Albert Wise Owl, she transported us with tales of exciting adventures and distant places.
ID Number:2002.19.3
Date:Circa 1950
Shirt worn by "Ranger Charlie" on KSTW children's show, ca. 1990
Robin Lee Nole played Ranger Charlie on the KSTW children's show, "Ranger Charlie's Kids' Club" which aired in the Seattle Tacoma area from 1988-1995. The show also featured a raccoon puppet, Rosco, and a live studio audience of children.
ID Number:2002.34.1
Date:Circa 1990
Fan cap from the KSTW children's show, "Ranger Charlie & Rosco," ca. 1990
This cap was distributed to fans of the KSTW children's show, "Ranger Charlie's Kids' Club." Robin Lee Nole played Ranger Charlie alongside a raccoon puppet, Rosco, and a live studio audience of children. The show aired in the Seattle Tacoma area from 1988-1995.
ID Number:2002.34.2
Date:Circa 1990
Danken’s ice cream carton, J.P.'s Patches of Pralines, ca. 1992
Danken’s ice cream was started by Dan Samson in 1983. The original location was at 50th and University Way but moved in 1984 to 4507 University Way. Through a partnership with Breyers Ice Cream, Danken’s was able to sell pints of ice cream in stores throughout the Pacific Northwest and make custom flavors for regional businesses. Of the over 150…
ID Number:2003.35.1
Date:Circa 1992
J.P. Patches's jacket, 1960-2002
This is one of several jackets that local entertainer Chris Wedes (1928-2012) wore as clown J. P. Patches on the KIRO-TV children’s program "The J.P. Patches Show" from 1958 to 1981. The live improv show was immensely popular in the Puget Sound area and southwestern British Columbia. J.P. Patches was the Mayor of the City Dump, so his costumes had…
ID Number:2003.35.2
Date:1960-2002
Wooden nameplate, for J.P. Patches, "Mayor Patches," ca. 1960-2002
Chris Wedes' playful clown character J.P. Patches, affectionately known as the "Mayor of the Dump", hosted one of America's longest-running local children's program from 1958-1981. This plaque was featured on his television show.
ID Number:2003.35.5
Date:Circa 1960-2002
Brakeman Bill "Big Mac" bib overalls, cap, and jacket, ca. 1955-1975
Brakeman Bill, featuring ex-DJ and sports announcer Bill McLain, was a popular weekday children's show on KTNT-TV (later KSTW-TV) in the Pacific Northwest market from 1955 to 1975. The television show was performed live and un-scripted; McLain dressed as a railroad brakeman, and drew pictures, ran elaborate model trains, showed cartoons, and interacted with puppet side-kick the Crazy Donkey, whose…
ID Number:2003.66.23REF.ONLINE
Date:Circa 1955-1975
Prop television from TV show Bill Nye the Science Guy, ca. 1993-1999
The TV show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” was filmed and produced in Seattle from 1993-1999. This prop television has a false blue cardboard screen that could be replaced in post-production with an image or a video (using the same principal as a green screen). Bill Nye moved to Seattle in 1977 to work as an engineer at Boeing and…
ID Number:2004.6.1
Date:Circa 1993-1999
Chrome-plated sign for KRSC TV, first television station in Seattle, established in 1948
This sign appeared on the first television broadcast in Seattle on Thanksgiving Day in November, 1948, for a high school football game at Memorial Stadium.
ID Number:2005.47.1
Date:Circa 1948