Popular Entertainment - Overview
This Museum's popular entertainment collections hold some of the Smithsonian's most beloved artifacts. The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz reside here, along with the Muppet character Kermit the Frog, and props from popular television series such as M*A*S*H and All in the Family. But as in many of the Museum's collections, the best-known objects are a small part of the story.
The collection also encompasses many other artifacts of 19th- and 20th-century commercial theater, film, radio, and TV—some 50,000 sound recordings dating back to 1903; posters, publicity stills, and programs from films and performances; puppets; numerous items from World's Fairs from 1851 to 1992; and audiovisual materials on Groucho Marx, to name only a few.
"Popular Entertainment - Overview" showing 28 items.
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sound recording: The Little Goose; Zaza
- Description (Brief)
- Rex Stewart's Big Eight. side 1: THE LITTLE GOOSE; side 2: ZAZA (Mercury 1101)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Rex Stewart's Big Eight
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.724
- maker number
- 1101
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.724
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: My Old Flame; Znarg Blues
- Description (Brief)
- side 1: The Flip Phillips Quartet. MY OLD FLAME; side 2: The Flip Phillips-Howard McGhee Boptet. ZNARG BLUES (Mercury 8903)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Flip Phillips Quartet
- Flip Phillips-Howard McGhee Boptet
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.317
- maker number
- 8903
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.317
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Canal Street Romp; Rose Of the Rio Grande
- Description (Brief)
- Santo and his Dixie-Land Jazz Band. side 1: CANAL STREET ROMP; side 2: ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE (Mercury 8914)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Santo and his Dixie-Land Jazz Band
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.318
- maker number
- 8914
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.318
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Blues For the Boppers; Tornado
- Description (Brief)
- Sonny Criss and his Orchestra. side 1: BLUES FOR THE BOPPERS; side 2: TORNADO (Mercury 8915)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Sonny Criss and his Orchestra
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.319
- maker number
- 8915
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.319
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Doin' the Hambone; Waiting For the Robert E. Lee
- Description (Brief)
- Lu Watters and his Yerba Buena Jazz Band. side 1: DOIN' THE HAMBONE; side 2: WAITING FOR THE ROBERT E. LEE (Mercury 11025)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.320
- maker number
- 11025
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Ace In the Hole; Weary Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Lu Watters and his Yerba Buena Jazz Band. side 1: ACE IN THE HOLE; side 2: WEARY BLUES (Mercury 11026)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.321
- maker number
- 11026
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.321
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Mordido
- Description (Brief)
- various artists. side 1: MORDIDO (part 1); side 2: MORDIDO (part 6) (Mercury 11013). from the album, "Norman Granz' Jazz At the Philharmonic, Vol. 9"
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Jacquet, Illinois
- Phillips, Flip
- Harris, Bill
- McGhee, Howard
- Jones, Jo
- Brown, Ray
- Jones, Hank
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.624
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 11013
- MERCURY VOL. 9
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.624
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Mordido
- Description (Brief)
- various artists. side 1: MORDIDO (part 2); side 2: MORDIDO (part 5) (Mercury 11014). from the album, "Norman Granz' Jazz At the Philharmonic, Vol. 9"
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Jacquet, Illinois
- Phillips, Flip
- Harris, Bill
- McGhee, Howard
- Jones, Jo
- Brown, Ray
- Jones, Hank
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.625
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 11014
- MERCURY VOL. 9
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.625
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Mordido
- Description (Brief)
- various artists. side 1: MORDIDO (part 3); side 2: MORDIDO (part 4) (Mercury 11015). from the album, "Norman Granz' Jazz At the Philharmonic, Vol. 9"
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Jacquet, Illinois
- Phillips, Flip
- Harris, Bill
- McGhee, Howard
- Jones, Jo
- Brown, Ray
- Jones, Hank
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.626
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 11015
- MERCURY VOL. 9
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.626
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Everything Happens To Me; Just Friends
- Description (Brief)
- Charlie Parker with strings. side 1: EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME; side 2: JUST FRIENDS (Mercury 11036). from the album, "Charlie Parker With Strings" (Mercury C-101)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Parker, Charlie
- maker
- Mercury
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.627
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 11036
- C-101
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.627
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center