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has been the subject of several museum exhibits over the years. In 2009, two different exhibits about the show's history were on view: one at the
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In the mid-1960s, the Ladmo Bag first appeared on the show. Prior to this, children who were winners of one of the many ongoing contests run by the program, were invited on the show to pick a prize from the "Toy
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fans and collectors, an authentic Ladmo Bag from the original show can be worth a considerable amount of money. However, very few of these bags still exist intact, as most children that won the prizes consumed the content inside and discarded the bag. Some natives of the
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On April 1, 2015, the show's 61st anniversary, the creation of The
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Wallace in a symbolic gesture by Ladmo. Although Kwiatkowski died on Wednesday March 2, 1994, select people attending events like the
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