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 383 items.
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sound recording: Twilight On the Trail; Ridin' Down the Canyon
- Description (Brief)
- Gene Autry. side 1: TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL; side 2: RIDIN' DOWN THE CANYON (Columbia 37186). from the album, "Gene Autry's Western Classics" (Columbia C 120)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1946
- recording artist
- Autry, Gene
- maker
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05058
- maker number
- 37186
- C 120
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05058
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Cleanliness; Good and Bad
- Description (Brief)
- Fanny Brice. side 1: CLEANLINESS; side 2: GOOD AND BAD (Capitol 7-32023). from the album, "baby snooks" (Capitol DC 3081)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Brice, Fanny
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05059
- maker number
- 7-32023
- DC 3081
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05059
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Crossing Streets; Table Manners
- Description (Brief)
- Fanny Brice. side 1: CROSSING STREETS; side 2: TABLE MANNERS (Capitol 7-32024). from the album, "baby snooks" (Capitol DC 3081)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Brice, Fanny
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05060
- maker number
- 7-32024
- DC3081
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05060
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Kindness To Animals; Truthfulness
- Description (Brief)
- Fanny Brice. side 1: KINDNESS TO ANIMALS; side 2: TRUTHFULNESS (Capitol 7-32025). from the album, "baby snooks" (Capitol DC 3081)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Brice, Fanny
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05061
- maker number
- 7-32025
- DC 3081
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05061
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: When the Bloom Is On the Sage; Hills Of Old Wyoming, The
- Description (Brief)
- Curley Bradley. side 1: WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE; side 2: THE HILLS OF OLD WYOMING (Universal 7500). from the album, "Curley Bradley presents the Tom Mix of Radio" (Universal U2)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1948
- recording artist
- Bradley, Curley
- maker
- Universal
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05062
- maker number
- 7500
- U2
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05062
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Ridin' Down the Canyon; Carry Me Back To the Lone Prairie
- Description (Brief)
- Curley Bradley. side 1: RIDIN' DOWN THE CANYON; side 2: CARRY ME BACK TO THE LONE PRAIRIE (Universal 7501). from the album, "Curley Bradley presents the Tom Mix of Radio" (Universal U2)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1948
- recording artist
- Bradley, Curley
- maker
- Universal
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05063
- maker number
- 7501
- U2
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05063
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Tumbling Tumble Weeds; San Antonio Rose
- Description (Brief)
- Curley Bradley. side 1: TUMBLING TUMBLE WEEDS; side 2: SAN ANTONIO ROSE (Universal 7502). from the album, "Curley Bradley presents the Tom Mix of Radio" (Universal U2)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1948
- recording artist
- Bradley, Curley
- maker
- Universal
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05064
- maker number
- 7502
- U2
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05064
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Castle In the Apple Tree; After We Say Goodbye
- Description (Brief)
- Elton Britt. side 1: CASTLE IN THE APPLE TREE; side 2: AFTER WE SAY GOODBYE (RCA Victor 20-2367). from the album, "Country Song Hits - Elton Britt" (RCA Victor P 221)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Britt, Elton
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05065
- maker number
- 20-2367
- P 221
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05065
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Chime Bells; Someday
- Description (Brief)
- Elton Britt. side 1: CHIME BELLS; side 2: SOMEDAY (RCA Victor 20-3090). from the album, "Country Song Hits - Elton Britt" (RCA Victor P 221)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1948
- recording artist
- Britt, Elton
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05066
- maker number
- 20-3090
- P 221
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05066
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Put My Little Shoes Away; Precious Jewel, The
- Description (Brief)
- Elton Britt. side 1: PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY; side 2: THE PRECIOUS JEWEL (RCA Victor 20-3091). from the album, "Country Song Hits - Elton Britt" (RCA Victor P 221)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1948
- recording artist
- Britt, Elton
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05067
- maker number
- 20-3091
- P 221
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05067
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center