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Carol Burnett finds her hat on State Street

Museum of Broadcast Communications May 22, 2016 – (Left) Broadcast legend Carol Burnett visits River North’s Museum of Broadcast Communications last Wednesday. She is seen here with a hat that is on display at the museum.

It was the hat Burnett wore as part of her “scrub woman” character on her long-running television show.

Burnett, now 83 years old, was in Chicago to perform her one-woman show at Chicago Theatre. Photo obtained from Museum of Broadcast Communications. (Click on image to view larger version.)

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