Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to Receive Objects From Actress Farrah Fawcett's Career

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to Receive Objects From Actress Farrah Fawcett's Career

WHAT: The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will receive objects from actress Farrah Fawcett's career, including the red swimsuit from her iconic 1976 poster

WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 2

11 a.m.

WHERE: Presidential Reception Suite

National Museum of American History

14th Street and Constitution Avenue

Note: Please use the Constitution Avenue entrance

WHO: Dwight Blocker Bowers, curator, National Museum of American History

Ryan O'Neal, actor

Nels Van Patten, friend and observer to 1976 poster photo shoot

In a special donation ceremony, Ryan O'Neal will present objects related to Fawcett's career to the National Museum of American History. The donation will include the red swimsuit, an original copy of the swimsuit poster, a leather-bound book of Fawcett's personal copies of scripts for the first season of Charlie's Angels, a Fawcett swimsuit jigsaw puzzle, a "Farrah Phenomenon" 1976 edition of TV Guide, a Charlie's Angels 1976 edition of Time magazine, an original 1977 Farrah Fawcett doll and a "Farrah's Glamour Center" hairstyling toy. The objects will join the museum's popular-culture history collections.

Fawcett, who was featured on hundreds of global magazine covers, was best known for her role in the TV series Charlie's Angels. Fawcett quickly became a household name and style icon; her signature feathered hairdo was copied by women throughout the world who wanted the "Farrah" hairstyle, which defined the late 1970s and early 1980s. The poster that immortalized the bathing suit was photographed before Fawcett's debut on Charlie's Angels in September 1976 and to date has sold more than 12 million copies.

Media website:http://newsdesk.si.edu

Media only: Laura Duff, Smithsonian, +1-202-633-3129

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Feb. 1/

SOURCE Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

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