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 14 items.
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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: Blowin' the Blues Away
- Description (Brief)
- Horace Silver Quintet & Trio. BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY (Blue Note 4017)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1959
- recording artist
- Horace Silver Trio
- Horace Silver Quintet
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.792
- maker number
- 4017
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.792
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Jazz Messengers At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2
- Description (Brief)
- The Jazz Messengers. THE JAZZ MESSENGERS AT THE CAFE BOHEMIA, VOL. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1508)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1955
- recording artist
- Jazz Messengers
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.793
- maker number
- BLP 1508
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.793
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: A Blowin' Session
- Description (Brief)
- Johnny Griffin. A BLOWIN' SESSION (Blue Note BLP 1559)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1957
- recording artist
- Griffin, Johnny
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.794
- maker number
- BLP 1559
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.794
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Mainstream
- Description (Brief)
- Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas and their All-Star Jazz Groups. MAINSTREAM (Atlantic 1303)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1958
- recording artist
- Dickenson, Vic
- Thomas, Joe
- maker
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.800
- maker number
- 1303
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.800
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Historic Jazz Concert At Music Inn
- Description (Brief)
- various artists. HISTORIC JAZZ CONCERT AT MUSIC INN (Atlantic 1298)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1956
- maker
- Atlantic
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.801
- maker number
- 1298
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.801
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Satchmo At Symphony Hall
- Description (Brief)
- Louis Armstrong and the All Stars. LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE ALL STARS (Decca DL 8038), from the album, "Satchmo At Symphony Hall" (Decca DX-108)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- 1951
- recording artist
- All Stars
- Armstrong, Louis
- maker
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.927
- maker number
- DL 8038
- DX-108
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.927
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Satchmo At Symphony Hall
- Description (Brief)
- Louis Armstrong and the All Stars. LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE ALL STARS (Decca DL 8037), from the album, "Satchmo At Symphony Hall" (Decca DX-108)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- 1951
- recording artist
- All Stars
- Armstrong, Louis
- maker
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.928
- maker number
- DL 8037
- DX-108
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.928
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center