American Toby Jug Museum 

Howdy Doody character jug produced in Japan for Vandor of Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1980. "Howdy Doody" is an American children's television program with circus and Western frontier themes that was broadcast on the NBC television network in the United States from December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960. Howdy Doody himself was a freckle-faced boy marionette with 48 freckles, one for each state of the union at the time of his creation. The Howdy Doody show's various marionettes were created and built by puppeteers Dawson, Scott Brinker, and Rufus Rose throughout the show's run. The redheaded Howdy marionette on the original show was operated with 11 strings: two heads, one mouth, one eye, two shoulders, one back, two hands and two knees. Three strings were added when the show returned—two elbows and one nose.