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 102 items.
Page 1 of 11
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: Papa Dip; Turk's Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Turk Murphy's Jazz Band. side 1: PAPA DIP; side 2: TURK'S BLUES (Good Time Jazz 4)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Turk Murphy's Jazz Band
- maker
- Good Time Jazz
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.254
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.254
- maker number
- 4
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Four In Line You Travel (Buffalo Girls); Girl I Left Behind Me, The
- Description (Brief)
- Lee Bedford, Jr. side 1: FOR IN LINE YOU TRAVEL (BUFFALO GIRLS); side 2: THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND (Imperial 1108). from the album, "Square Dances" (Imperial FD 26)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1949
- recording artist
- Bedford, Jr., Lee
- maker
- Imperial
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05039
- maker number
- 1108
- FD 26
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05039
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Arkansas Traveler; Mademoiselle From Armentieres
- Description (Brief)
- Lee Bedford, Jr. side 1: ARKANSAS TRAVELER; side 2: MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIERES (Imperial 1109). from the album, "Square Dances" (Imperial FD 26)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1949
- recording artist
- Bedford, Jr., Lee
- maker
- Imperial
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05040
- maker number
- 1109
- FD 26
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05040
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Red River Valley; Texas Star
- Description (Brief)
- Lee Bedford, Jr. side 1: RED RIVER VALLEY; side 2: TEXAS STAR (Imperial 1110). from the album, "Square Dances" (Imperial FD 26)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1949
- recording artist
- Bedford, Jr., Lee
- maker
- Imperial
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05041
- maker number
- 1110
- FD 26
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05041
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Bell Bottom Trousers; Cowboy Loop (Leather Britches)
- Description (Brief)
- Lee Bedford, Jr. side 1: BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS; side 2: COWBOY LOOP (LEATHER BRITCHES) (Imperial 1111). from the album, "Square Dances" (Imperial FD 26)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1949
- recording artist
- Bedford, Jr., Lee
- maker
- Imperial
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05042
- maker number
- 1111
- FD 26
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05042
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Lady Half Way Round; Rout, The
- Description (Brief)
- Carl Myles. side 1: LADY HALF WAY ROUND; side 2: THE ROUT (Imperial 1077). from the album, "Square Dance" (Imperial FD-15)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Imperial
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05192
- maker number
- 1077
- FD-15
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Lady Round the Lady; Cheyenne Whirl
- Description (Brief)
- Carl Myles. side 1: LADY ROUND THE LADY; side 2: CHEYENNE WHIRL (Imperial 1078). from the album, "Square Dance" (Imperial FD-15)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Myles, Carl
- maker
- Imperial
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05193
- maker number
- 1078
- FD-15
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center