McDonald's Peanuts Happy Meal Toys, 1990

Artifact Overview

Starting in a few daily newspapers in 1950, "Peanuts" went on to become one of the most popular and influential comic strips in history. By 1963, it was the most famous comic strip in the world. In 1990, for the comic strip's fortieth anniversary, McDonald's released a Happy Meal set of Peanuts characters in a farm setting.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Toy (Recreational artifact)

Date Made

1990

Creators

Place of Creation

China

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

97.5.283

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jeff and Marilyn Escue.

Material

Plastic

Keywords	Toys (Recreational artifacts) Character toys Boxes (Containers) Peanuts (Fictitious characters) Fast food restaurants Cartoons (Humorous images) Play (Recreation) Snoopy (Fictitious character) Woodstock (Fictitious character) Brown, Charlie (Fictitious character) Van Pelt, Linus (Fictitious character) Van Pelt, Lucy (Fictitious character) Children

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McDonald's Peanuts Happy Meal Toys, 1990

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