1951 Christmas Seal Campaign, Father Knows Best with Robert Young

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1951-12-uu.

This 1951 Christmas Seal Campaign special features a scene from the show Father Knows Best (then a radio show produced for NBC). The Anderson family are gathered to take a picture for their upcoming Christmas Card. Jim Anderson, played by Robert Young, talks to the listening audience about buying Christmas seals to help fund the fight against tuberculosis.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150777
Municipal archives id: LT4288

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