Bil Baird

Below are images from the MacNider Museum.  I took the photos.  They are of the work of puppetter Bill Baird, who worked with Tony Sarg and others.  With Sarg, who was also a renowned doll artist, Baird worked on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Balloons. Baird did the Sound of Music puppet. He did puppets for many other produccitons, cinluding The Wizard of Oz.  There are nearly 100 puppets on display, most gifts of Baird and his family.   For more on Sarg, see The Spinning Wheel Complete Book of Dolls.

Book on Baird, for sale at the museum.  Finger Puppets and Hand Puppets are also on sale there.

Baird puppets.  He also had his own TV puppet shows.

Sound of Music Puppets

Detail of a Painting of Baird and his Creatios

Display showing how Baird used everyday objects to make puppets.  I have a doll I made out of a
1/2 gallon milk jug.  I found this very interesting.

More Baird Puppets; look at the similarity to some of The Muppets.

Christopher Robin

Ghost Puppet and Milk Bottle Puppet.  Some Baird puppets appeared in commercials.

Puppets doe in Honor of the Moon Landing

My favorite Sound of Music Puppet, the little goat girl!