Family & Social Life - Overview
Donations to the Museum have preserved irreplaceable evidence about generations of ordinary Americans. Objects from the Copp household of Stonington, Connecticut, include many items used by a single family from 1740 to 1850. Other donations have brought treasured family artifacts from jewelry to prom gowns. These gifts and many others are all part of the Museum's family and social life collections.
Children's books and Sunday school lessons, tea sets and family portraits also mark the connections between members of a family and between families and the larger society. Prints, advertisements, and artifacts offer nostalgic or idealized images of family life and society in times past. And the collections include a few modern conveniences that have had profound effects on American families and social life, such as televisions, video games, and personal computers.
"Family & Social Life - Overview" showing 57 items.
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sound recording: San Antonio Shout; Tin Roof Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Ben Pollack and His Pick-A-Rib Boys. side 1: SAN ANTONIO SHOUT; side 2: TIN ROOF BLUES (Discovery 132)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Ben Pollack and His Pick-a-Rib Boys
- maker
- Discovery
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.238
- maker number
- 132
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Maryland, My Maryland; Sensation Rag
- Description (Brief)
- Ben Pollack and his Pick-a-Rib Boys. side 1: MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND; side 2: SENSATION RAG (Discovery 133)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Ben Pollack and His Pick-a-Rib Boys
- maker
- Discovery
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.239
- maker number
- 133
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby; San Sue Strut
- Description (Brief)
- Ben Pollack and his Pick-a-Rib Boys. side 1: I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE, BABY; side 2: SAN SUE STRUT (Discovery 131)
- 78 rpm
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Ben Pollack and His Pick-a-Rib Boys
- maker
- Discovery
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.240
- maker number
- 131
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Love Of God, The; Only Believe and Live
- Description (Brief)
- J. Stratton Shufelt. side 1: THE LOVE OF GOD; side 2: ONLY BELIEVE AND LIVE (Fellowship Music FM 017/021). from the album, "Strat Sings" (Fellowship Music 1)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Shufelt, J. Stratton
- maker
- Fellowship Music
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05265
- maker number
- FM 017/021
- FM 1
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: It's In My Heart; When They Ring the Golden Bells
- Description (Brief)
- J. Stratton Shufelt. side 1: IT'S IN MY HEART; side 2: WHEN THEY RING THE GOLDEN BELLS (Fellowship Music FM 023/026). from the album, "Strat Sings" (Fellowship Music 1)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Shufelt, J. Stratton
- maker
- Fellowship Music
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05266
- maker number
- FM 023/026
- FM 1
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Overshadowed; Old Ship Zion, The
- Description (Brief)
- J. Stratton Shufelt. side 1: OVERSHADOWED; side 2: THE OLD SHIP ZION (Fellowship Music FM 019/020). from the album, "Strat Sings" (Fellowship Music 1)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Shufelt, J. Stratton
- maker
- Fellowship Music
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05267
- maker number
- FM 019/020
- FM 1
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Pearl House Rag; Sweethearts On Parade
- Description (Brief)
- Marvin Ash and his Mason-Dixon Music. side 1: PEARL HOUSE RAG; side 2: SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE (Capitol 855)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Marvin Ash and his Mason-Dixon Music
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.084
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 855
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.084
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Sharkey Strut; I'm Goin' Home
- Description (Brief)
- Sharkey [Bonano] and his Kings of Dixieland. side 1: SHARKEY STRUT; side 2: I'M GONG HOME (Capitol 1452)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Sharkey and his Kings of Dixieland
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.097
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 1452
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.097
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Laziest Gal In Town, The; Big Butter and Egg Man
- Description (Brief)
- Dottie O'Brien and The Savannah Seven. side 1: THE LAZIEST GAL IN TOWN; side 2: BIG BUTTER AND EGG MAN (Capitol 1005)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Dottie O'Brien and The Savannah Seven
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.100
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 1005
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.100
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Dripper's Boogie
- Description (Brief)
- Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers. side 1: DRIPPER'S BOOGIE (part 1); side 2: DRIPPER'S BOOGIE (part 2) (Exclusive 232)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers
- maker
- Exclusive
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.247
- maker number
- 232
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.247
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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