Howdy Doody is a children’s television show broadcast on
the NBC television network from December 27, 1947, until
September 24, 1960.

Buffalo Bob Smith, Howdy Doody and Clarabell the clown,
originally played by Bob Keeshan, who went on to create
the children’s TV character Captain Kangaroo. 

1950s

Myrtle Fillmore began Wee Wisdom^® magazine, which taught
and entertained children for 98 years with stories, poems,
games, and beautiful artwork.

Although the magazine ceased publication in 1991, adults
throughout the country remember it with great fondness.

Myrtle was co-founder of Unity, a church
within the New Thought Christian
movement.

(FOX NEWS) – The oldest toy store in San Francisco announced
this week that it is shutting down due to the rampant crime and
violence in the city’s streets, and because of inflation.

Jeffrey’s Toys, the downtown San Francisco toy store that
inspired Pixar’s classic "Toy Story," announced on Friday
that it will be closing permanently at the end of February.

1995

Campbell soup company was started in 1869 by Joseph A.
Campbell, a fruit merchant from Bridgeton, New Jersey, and
Abraham Anderson, an icebox manufacturer from South
Jersey. They produced canned tomatoes, vegetables, jellies,
soups, condiments, and minced meats.

Joseph Albert Campbell
(1817 – 1900)

The Jos. A. Campbell Preserve Co., Camden, NJ in 1894.

Exterior view of the new World HQ building in Camden, N.J.

Kukla, Fran and Ollie was an early TV show using puppets. It was
created for children, but was soon watched by more adults than
children. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed. It
was broadcast from Chicago between October 13, 1947, and
August 30, 1957. Comedienne Fran Allison starred, interacting
with puppets, Kukla and Ollie (and sometimes other puppets)
whose puppeteer was the show’s creator, Burr Tillstrom. After
the original run, the team appeared in other productions over
several decades.