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.
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sound recording: Dogtown Blues; South Rampart Street Parade
- Description (Brief)
- Bob Crosby and his Orchestra. side 1: DOGTWON BLUES; side 2: SOUTH RAMPART STREET PARADE (Decca DU 40088)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Bob Crosby and his Orchestra
- maker
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.212
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.212
- maker number
- DU 40088
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Ec-Stacy; Chain Gang
- Description (Brief)
- Bob Crosby and his Orchestra. side 1: EC-STACY; side 2: CHAIN GANG (Decca DU 40145)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Bob Crosby and his Orchestra
- maker
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.213
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.213
- maker number
- DU 40145
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: (I Wonder Why) You're Just In Love; If
- Description (Brief)
- side 1: Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton. (I WONDER WHY) YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE; side 2: Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra. IF (Decca 27481)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Middleton, Velma
- Armstrong, Louis
- Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
- maker
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.220
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.220
- maker number
- 27481
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Bye and Bye; Whiffenpoof Song, The
- Description (Brief)
- Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra. side 1: BYE AND BYE; side 2: THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1954
- recording artist
- Armstrong, Louis
- Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra
- maker
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.224
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.224
- maker number
- 29153
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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: Milenberg Joys; I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)
- Description (Brief)
- Sharky Bonano and his Kings Of Dixieland. side 1: MILENBERG JOYS; side 2: I LIKE BANANAS (BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO BONES) (Dixieland D-1002)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Sharkey Bonano and his Kings of Dixieland
- maker
- Dixieland
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.241
- maker number
- D-1002
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: I'm Going Home; Pagan Love Song
- Description (Brief)
- Dixieland Jamboree Band. side 1: I'M GOING HOME; side 2: PAGAN LOVE SONG (Dixieland D-1008)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Dixieland Jamboree Band
- maker
- Dixieland
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.242
- maker number
- D-1008
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Dippermouth Blues; When the Saints Go Marching In
- Description (Brief)
- Sharkey Bonano and his Kings Of Dixieland. side 1: DIPPERMOUTH BLUES; side 2: WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN (Dixieland D-1000)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording artist
- Sharkey Bonano and his Kings of Dixieland
- maker
- Dixieland
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.243
- maker number
- D-1000
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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