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 74 items.
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Satellite Thermos Bottle
- Description (Brief)
- This plastic and glass vacuum thermos bottle was manufactured by the American Thermos Products Company and served as a companion bottle to the Satellite Lunch Box, object number 2001.0387.06.01. The bottle is adorned with action scenes in space featuring rockets and satellites hovering over the surface of the moon.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1958
- maker
- American Thermos Bottle Company
- ID Number
- 2001.3087.06.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3087
- catalog number
- 2001.3087.06.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This Roy Rogers thermos was manufactured by Thermos in 1954. It features an image similar to the previous lunch box, object number 2001.3099.07.01. Roy Rogers is posing with a kneeling Dale Evans, his horse Trigger, and his dog Bullet, under the sign for Roy Rogers and Dale Evans DOUBLE R BAR RANCH.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1953
- 1954
- depicted
- Rogers, Roy
- Evans, Dale
- ID Number
- 2001.3099.07.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3099
- catalog number
- 2001.3099.07.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Get Smart Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This thermos was manufactured by Thermos in 1966, as the companion to lunch box object number 2001.3100.03.02. The box features artwork from the television series Get Smart, and is a repetition of the image on the back of the lunch box. Get Smart ran from 1965-1970, the first four years on NBC, and the last on CBS. It featured the adventures of Maxwell Smart as the bumbling Agent 86, and his female companion Agent 99.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1966
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.03.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.03.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Disco Fever Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This square plastic thermos bottle has a screw-on, blue plastic cup lid and a screw-on, white plastic stopper with movable yellow pouring spout. The bottle is the companion piece to object number 2001.3100.05.01, and features an image of the couple dancing and the text “Disco Fever.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1980
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.05.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.05.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Flintstones
- Description (Brief)
- This metal, glass and plastic thermos bottle has a screw-on, red plastic cup lid and a red and gray, screw-on plastic stopper. This bottle is the companion to lunch box #2001.3100.09.01. The bottle features art from The Flintstones, of the Flintstone and Rubble family eating a picnic and their children playing with their dinosaur, Dino.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1962
- maker
- Aladdin
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.09.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.09.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Lawman Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This thermos bottle was manufactured by Thermos in 1961, and is the companion piece to lunch box object number 2001.3100.11.01. The bottle is made of tin, plastic and glass and has a screw-on, red plastic cup lid and a screw-on red and tan plastic stopper. The bottle is yellow with drawings of cowboy clothing, equipment and firearms around the sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1961
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.11.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.11.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This tin, plastic and glass thermos bottle was manufactured by Thermos in 1966. It has a screw-on, red plastic cup lid. The bottle is the companion piece to the lunch box with object number 2001.3100.12.01. The bottle has action drawings from the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the art is the same as the front of its companion box.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1966
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.12.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.12.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Roy Rogers Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This metal, plastic and glass thermos bottle was made by Thermos in 1954, and is the companion bottle to lunch box object number 2001.3100.14.01.The bottle has a red, screw-on plastic lid and a red plastic stopper. The bottle has a yellow design with colorful action drawings of Roy Rogers riding on a horse on the sides of the thermos.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1954
- depicted
- Rogers, Roy
- Evans, Dale
- maker
- Thermos
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.14.02
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.14.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Beverly Hillbillies Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This tin and glass thermos bottle was made by Aladdin Industries in 1963. It has a screw-on, red plastic cup lid and a red screw-on, plastic stopper. The bottle features colorful scenes from the television show, The Beverly Hillbillies on the side of the thermos.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1963
- maker
- Aladdin
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.16
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.16
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Laugh-In Thermos
- Description (Brief)
- This plastic and glass thermos bottle was made by Aladdin Industries in 1968. It has a screw-on, black plastic cup lid and a yellow screw-on, plastic stopper. The bottle is yellow with phrases from the television show, Laugh-In on the side of the thermos.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1968
- maker
- Aladdin
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.17
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.17
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center