The Make-Believe Clubhouse

The Make-Believe Clubhouse seems, on reflection, to have been a magical experience for many of us. One of the children who guested on the show at about aged 7 still remembers it as magical to this day.

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“The Sight and Sound of Learning” (1958)

From Dave Nohling Don Hallock: This brochure has likely not seen the light of day for more than 40 years. And this could well be the only copy. The two wonderful photos show Ruth Ann Flaherty and a young guest on Ruth Ann’s Camp, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts Director, Perry Rathbone, on Museum…

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WGBH-TV Broadcast Schedules (1955-69)

From Peter Wiggins Tuesday May 10, 1955 5:30 p.m. – Adventures in Art 6:00 – Images 6:30 – News (with Louis M. Lyons) 7:15 – U.N at Work 7:30 – Trilogy 8:00 – Your Child 9:30 – Sign-Off Friday November 4, 1955 5:30 p.m. – Come and See 6:00 – Discovery 6:30 – News (with…

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Ruth Ann’s Kampf (1959)

From Don Hallock — 2000 Once upon a time, [circa 1959] as I recall, the Educational Television station in an eastern city called Boston produced a daily late-afternoon children’s program. That program was known as “Ruth Ann’s Camp.” And in the “camp,” each day, Miss Ruth Ann would bravely lead eight grammar school children through…

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