Description (Brief) This Kermit the Frog puppet was created by Jim Henson in 1955 for Sam and Friends. It is the first Kermit puppet, and it is made from Jim Henson’s mother’s old spring coat and a ...

A Kermit the Frog puppet created by Jim Henson back in 1969 is now on display in Detroit. It's the prototype Henson created as he was developing Kermit's look for Sesame Street. Kermit is part of ...

Jim Henson with his Kermit the Frog in 1988. Henson's widow is donating some of his early puppets, including the original Kermit, to the Smithsonian. ( (Associated Press)) ...

Kermit the Frog, his body created with an old dull-green coat and his eyes made of pingpong balls, has returned home to the nation's capital, where the puppet got his start.

The original Kermit the Frog is donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington.

Kermit made his debut in a 1955 television comedy called "Sam and Friends," which aired locally in Washington, D.C., but he looked more like a lizard back then.

The prototype Kermit the Frog puppet – created by Jim Henson from his mother’s discarded coat and a ping-pong ball for eyes – was donated to the DIA in 1971 and goes on display at 9 p.m ...