Kenneth Cohen

Conservators identified this by examining super small similarities in the cut style and what we call the wear, the patterns of distress caused by wearing the shoes on the sequins and on the heel of these ruby slippers. So this was a case of our collection, you know, being used to help safeguard another of these rare and super popular shoes that many Americans have really close connections to.

Conservators identified this by examining super small similarities in the cut style and what we call the wear, the patterns of distress caused by wearing the shoes on the sequins and on the heel of these ruby slippers. So this was a case of our collection, you know, being used to help safeguard another of these rare and super popular shoes that many Americans have really close connections to.

Yeah, so it's interesting when people see our pop culture materials, they often say, oh, you have the, as if there's only one. And of course, in many of these cases with the ruby slippers, with Superman costumes, with all sorts of other things, especially costume items, there's often multiples. Sometimes they're exact copies and sometimes they're slightly different.

Yeah, so it's interesting when people see our pop culture materials, they often say, oh, you have the, as if there's only one. And of course, in many of these cases with the ruby slippers, with Superman costumes, with all sorts of other things, especially costume items, there's often multiples. Sometimes they're exact copies and sometimes they're slightly different.

Yeah, so it's interesting when people see our pop culture materials, they often say, oh, you have the, as if there's only one. And of course, in many of these cases with the ruby slippers, with Superman costumes, with all sorts of other things, especially costume items, there's often multiples. Sometimes they're exact copies and sometimes they're slightly different.

the Superman costumes were stitched differently for different positions that Superman might be in so that the suit looked skin tight no matter what position he was in. So there was a quote unquote flying suit for when he was posted horizontally that would look skin tight.

the Superman costumes were stitched differently for different positions that Superman might be in so that the suit looked skin tight no matter what position he was in. So there was a quote unquote flying suit for when he was posted horizontally that would look skin tight.

the Superman costumes were stitched differently for different positions that Superman might be in so that the suit looked skin tight no matter what position he was in. So there was a quote unquote flying suit for when he was posted horizontally that would look skin tight.

But if he stood up and walked in that suit, it would wrinkle and crinkle in certain ways that were unflatteringly visible on television. And so they had a walking suit and ours is the walking suit. So used by George Reeves. When he was walking around in character.

But if he stood up and walked in that suit, it would wrinkle and crinkle in certain ways that were unflatteringly visible on television. And so they had a walking suit and ours is the walking suit. So used by George Reeves. When he was walking around in character.

But if he stood up and walked in that suit, it would wrinkle and crinkle in certain ways that were unflatteringly visible on television. And so they had a walking suit and ours is the walking suit. So used by George Reeves. When he was walking around in character.

We don't care about that. So yeah, I mean, you know, lots of people send us messages about items that they have, or asking us about items that we have. And we don't value our collections in that way. And so we don't really consider our collections from a monetary point of view. We're trying to take care of these things in perpetuity.

We don't care about that. So yeah, I mean, you know, lots of people send us messages about items that they have, or asking us about items that we have. And we don't value our collections in that way. And so we don't really consider our collections from a monetary point of view. We're trying to take care of these things in perpetuity.

We don't care about that. So yeah, I mean, you know, lots of people send us messages about items that they have, or asking us about items that we have. And we don't value our collections in that way. And so we don't really consider our collections from a monetary point of view. We're trying to take care of these things in perpetuity.

Yeah, so the Babe Ruth baseball, some things in our collection, we don't have great documentation on. They come to us, we know they're important, but it's hard to sort of pin down precise details. So that baseball is, the signature is authenticated. It's certainly Babe Ruth. And it was either from 1918 or from 1921. And we know that because the ball came to us

Yeah, so the Babe Ruth baseball, some things in our collection, we don't have great documentation on. They come to us, we know they're important, but it's hard to sort of pin down precise details. So that baseball is, the signature is authenticated. It's certainly Babe Ruth. And it was either from 1918 or from 1921. And we know that because the ball came to us

Yeah, so the Babe Ruth baseball, some things in our collection, we don't have great documentation on. They come to us, we know they're important, but it's hard to sort of pin down precise details. So that baseball is, the signature is authenticated. It's certainly Babe Ruth. And it was either from 1918 or from 1921. And we know that because the ball came to us

from somebody who grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and told us that Babe Ruth signed it when he came through Scranton, Pennsylvania, and he was really only in Scranton, Pennsylvania, playing baseball twice.

from somebody who grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and told us that Babe Ruth signed it when he came through Scranton, Pennsylvania, and he was really only in Scranton, Pennsylvania, playing baseball twice.

from somebody who grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and told us that Babe Ruth signed it when he came through Scranton, Pennsylvania, and he was really only in Scranton, Pennsylvania, playing baseball twice.