Vintage

Vintage 1960s Hazelle Hedges Rollins African American Finger Puppet Striped

Features:
• "Hazelle Hedges Rollins, for some 40 years, was the largest exclusive manufacturer of marionettes and puppets in the world" from Kansas City Missouri
• "Instead of the rigid Tenite plastic used for marionette heads, the hand puppets [have] washable, soft vinyl plastic heads and simple cloth bodies. The puppets were inexpensive so they could be given as gifts to hospitalized kids, and the children could manipulate them in their beds"
• "After Hazelle developed simple finger puppets in the 1960s, New York City schools ordered more than 10,000 to help children act out conflicts they faced in racially troubled school situations."
• "The Smithsonian holds some 60 Hazelle puppets, which they call “Hazelle Famous Puppets," and they have been exhibited over the years."
• Aesthetics: vintage puppet, marionette, Gifted kids, Montessori school, Jim Henson, Muppets, teddy bear, vintage toy, old toy, 1960s toy