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Lassie's UNICEF trick-or-treat episode, first aired October 24, 1959

Lassie's UNICEF trick-or-treat episode, first aired October 24, 1959 — historic image
Lassie's UNICEF trick-or-treat episode, first aired October 24, 1959. Historic image from the Chapter 4 — Halloween Comes to Television collection.

Lassie's UNICEF trick-or-treat episode, first aired October 24, 1959

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NotesTrick-or-treating for a cause: the UNICEF Halloween box, and the television spots — Lassie among them — that turned the orange collection carton into a household fixture. Source: (a) Still from Lassie, UNICEF trick-or-treat episode, first aired 24 October 1959. (b) UNICEF Halloween collection box. Reproduced under fair use for scholarly commentary where applicable.
SubjectsFigure 4.6 (a) in Hollywood Halloween Horrors
ReferenceFig 4.6 (a) F0406a-1

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