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ARTIFACT COLLECTION

Beanie the Brownie

Doll
M2005.007.007
c. 1996-2000

Stuffed toy. Beanie the Brownie. Green suit with red boots, black belt and yellow button. Has a “B” emblem stitched on the front of the suit. Green cap is attached to head. Hands and face are light pink colored.

Beanie the Brownie, the most recent incarnation of Billie the Brownie, first appeared in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in 1996 as a comic strip. Beanie, Billie’s son, is faced with preventing the evil Dr. Download from ruining Christmas through the use of computers and other technology. A summary of the comic strip adventures were collated into a book.