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Ernie Puppet

Maker unknown

Original Ernie puppet used for early Sesame Street pilot episodes and the program's 1969 debut.

Date
1969
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
2013.0101.14

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

In the Tapestry

Featured in
Sesame StreetA

Provenance and history

  1. 1969

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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