As you prepare to discuss Davy Crockett tomorrow, you might also be interested in looking at these photographs from Life Magazine about the Crockett craze of 1955. There are lots of great shots of kids “playing” Crockett, as well as factory workers mass-producing coonskin hats and other Davy merchandise. Here are a couple of examples.

A worker packages Davy Crockett Disney merchandise.

A table full of coonskin caps--every 1955 kid's dream.

Kids playing Crockett in 1955