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Object details:

Object Name: Attachments, Toy, Captain Video, Space Port
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19970664000

	Object Name
	Attachments, Toy, Captain Video, Space Port

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94c98f7af-b643-401f-83ac-19c6d0fe95ba

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	T. Cohn, Inc.

	Materials
	Plastic

	Dimensions
	3-D (Small Yellow Wheels): 1.3 × 5.7cm (1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)

	Dimensions
	3-D (Red Fan): 5.1 × 7.9cm (2 in. × 3 1/8 in.)

	Dimensions
	3-D (Red and Yellow Base Piece): 3.8 × 9.2cm (1 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)

	Summary
	These plastic pieces are accessories for the Superior Space Port (also known as the Captain Video Space Port) made by toymaker T. Cohn, Inc. in the early 1950s. The metal space-theme fort was merchandise related to "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," a weekly television show that aired on the DuMont network from 1949-1956. "Captain Video" was considered the U.S.'s and world's first television show with a space flight theme. Such space-themed forts illustrate how heavily space science fiction drew upon another American popular culture genre, the Western.

	Summary
	Collector Michael O'Harro donated this toy to the Museum in 1993.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Gift of Michael O'Harro.

	Inventory Number
	A19970664000

	Type
	MODELS-Science Fiction

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