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 860 items.
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Beatles Lunch Box
- Description (Brief)
- This steel lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1966. The lunch box features images of The Beatles, and is the first box dedicated to musicians. The box is aqua blue with images of all four Beatles playing their instruments on the lid. The back features close-ups of the faces of John, Paul, George, and Ringo and their signatures are next to their images.
- Date made
- 1966
- maker
- Aladdin
- ID Number
- 2003.3070.02.01
- nonaccession number
- 2003.3070
- catalog number
- 2003.3070.02.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Burgundy Street Blues; Closer Walk With Thee, A
- Description (Brief)
- George Lewis. side 1: BURGUNDY STREET BLUES; side 2: A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE (American Music 531)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Lewis, George
- maker
- American Music
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.002
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 531
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.002
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Lady Be Good; Lady Be Good
- Description (Brief)
- Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Al Killiam, Arnold Ross, Billy Hadnot, and Lee Young. side 1: LADY BE GOOD (part 1); side 2: LADY BE GOOD (part 2) (Arco 1226)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Young, Lester
- Parker, Charlie
- Killiam, Al
- Ross, Arnold
- Hadnot, Billy
- Young, Lee
- maker
- ARCO
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.003
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 1226
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.003
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: When I Grow Too Old To Dream; Arsenic and Old Face
- Description (Brief)
- Jerry Jerome and his Cats and Jammers. side 1: WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM; side 2: ARSENIC AND OLD FACE (Asch 501)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Jerry Jerome and His Cats and Jammers
- maker
- Asch
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.004
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 501
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.004
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Profoundly Blue; That Old Black Magic
- Description (Brief)
- Tiny Grimes Quintet. side 1: PROFOUNDLY BLUE; side 2: THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (Atlantic 858)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Tiny Grimes Quintet
- maker
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.005
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 858
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.005
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Seems Like Old Times; Time Carries On
- Description (Brief)
- Eddie Condon's NBC Television Orchestra. side 1: SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES; side 2: TIME CARRIES ON (Atlantic 661)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Eddie Condon's NBC Television Orchestra
- maker
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.006
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 661
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.006
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: When the Saints Go Marching In; Li'l Liza Jane
- Description (Brief)
- Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Band. side 1: WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN; side 2: LI'L LIZA JANE (New Orleans Bandwagon RWP 9/10)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1950
- recording artist
- Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra
- maker
- New Orleans Bandwagon
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.007
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- RWP-9/10
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.007
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Oh, Didn't He Ramble; High Society
- Description (Brief)
- Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Band. side 1: OH, DIDN'T HE RAMBLE; side 2: HIGH SOCIETY (New Orleans Bandwagon RWP-11/12)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1950
- recording artist
- Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Band
- maker
- New Orleans Bandwagon
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.008
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- RWP-11/12
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.008
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Muskrat Ramble; Tailgate Ramble
- Description (Brief)
- Sharkey's Dixieland Band. side 1: MUSKRAT RAMBLE; side 2: TAILGATE RAMBLE (New Orleans Bandwagon RWP-1/2)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Sharkey's Dixieland Band
- maker
- New Orleans Bandwagon
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.009
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- RWP-1/2
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.009
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Bucket Got a Hole In It; That's A'Plenty
- Description (Brief)
- Sharkey's Dixieland Band. side 1: BUCKET GOT A HOLE IN IT; side 2: THAT'S A'PLENTY (New Orleans Bandwagon RWP-7/8)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Sharky's Dixieland Band
- maker
- New Orleans Bandwagon
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.010
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- RWP-7/8
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.010
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center