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 1943 items.
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sound recording: China Boy; Four Or Five Times
- Description (Brief)
- Bechet-Spanier Big Four. side 1: CHINA BOY; side 2: FOUR OR FIVE TIMES (H.R.S. 2001)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1940
- recording artist
- Bechet-Spanier Big Four
- maker
- H.R.S.
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.729
- maker number
- 2001
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.729
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
- Description (Brief)
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk. ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS WITH THELONIOUS MONK (Atlantic SD 1278)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1957
- recording artist
- Monk, Thelonious
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
- maker
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.730
- maker number
- SD 1278
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.730
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Fontessa
- Description (Brief)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet. FONTESSA (Atlantic 1231)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1956
- recording artist
- Modern Jazz Quartet
- maker
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.731
- maker number
- 1231
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.731
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
- Description (Brief)
- Chris Connor. HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT (Atlantic 1240)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1956
- recording artist
- Connor, Chris
- maker
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.732
- maker number
- 1240
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.732
- 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: Jam Session Coast To Coast
- Description (Brief)
- JAM SESSION COAST TO COAST. side 1: Eddie Condon and his All-Stars; side 2: Rampart Street Paraders (Columbia CL 547)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1953
- recording artist
- Eddie Condon and his All-Stars
- Rampart Street Paraders
- maker
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.735
- maker number
- CL 547
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.735
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
- Description (Brief)
- Benny Goodman. THE FAMOUS 1938 CARNEGIE HALL JAZZ CONCERT (disc 1) (Columbia ML 4341), from the album THE FAMOUS 1938 CARNEGIE JAZZ CONCERT (Columbia SL-160)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1938
- 1950
- recording artist
- Goodman, Benny
- maker
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.736
- maker number
- SL-160
- ML 4341
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.736
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Dixieland, My Dixieland
- Description (Brief)
- Rampart Street Paraders. DIXIELAND, MY DIXIELAND (Columbia CL 785)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1954
- recording artist
- Rampart Street Paraders
- maker
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.738
- maker number
- CL 785
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.738
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Jammin' At Condon's
- Description (Brief)
- Eddie Condon's All-Stars. JAMMIN' AT CONDON'S (Columbia CL 616)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1954
- recording artist
- Eddie Condon's All-Stars
- maker
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.739
- maker number
- CL 616
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.739
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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