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 20 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: The Last Of the Big Plungers
- Description (Brief)
- Al Grey and the Basie Wing. THE LAST OF THE BIG PLUNGERS (Argo 653)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1959
- recording artist
- Grey, Al
- Basie Wing
- maker
- Argo
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.733
- maker number
- 653
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.733
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn
- Description (Brief)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet. THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET AT MUSIC INN (Atlantic 1247)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1956
- recording artist
- Guiffre, Jimmy
- Modern Jazz Quartet
- maker
- Argo
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.734
- maker number
- 1247
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.734
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Maryland, My Maryland; Careless Love
- Description (Brief)
- Sidney Bechet, Don Ewell, Munn Ware, Wally Gordon, Sid Thall & Bill Reinhardt. side 1: MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND; side 2: CARELESS LOVE (Jazz Ltd. 201)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Bechet, Sidney
- Ewell, Don
- Ware, Munn
- Gordon, Wally
- Thall, Sid
- Reinhardt, Bill
- maker
- Jazz Ltd.
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.287
- maker number
- 201
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.287
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Good Man Is Hard To Find, A; Washington and Lee Swing
- Description (Brief)
- Muggsy Spanier, Don Ewell, Munn Ware, Wally Gordon, Sid Thall, and Bill Reinhardt. side 1: A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND; side 2: WASHINGTON AND LEE SWING (Jazz Ltd. 401)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Spanier, Muggsy
- Ewell, Don
- Ware, Munn
- Gordon, Wally
- Thall, Sid
- Reinhardt, Bill
- maker
- Jazz Ltd.
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.288
- maker number
- 401
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.288
- 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