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 102 items.
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sound recording: Straight Ahead!
- Description (Brief)
- Junior Mance. STRAIGHT AHEAD! (Capitol T-2218)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1965
- recording artist
- Mance, Junior
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.747
- maker number
- T-2218
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.747
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Shearing On Stage!
- Description (Brief)
- George Shearing Quintet. SHEARING ON STAGE! (Capitol T-1187)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1957
- recording artist
- George Shearing Quintet
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.748
- maker number
- T-1187
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.748
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Beauty and the Beat!
- Description (Brief)
- Peggy Lee and George Shearing. BEAUTY AND THE BEAT! (Capitol T-1219)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1959
- recording artist
- Lee, Peggy
- Shearing, George
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.749
- maker number
- T-1219
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.749
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Gilberto & Jobim
- Description (Brief)
- João Gilberto with Antonio Carlos Jobim and his Orchestra. GILBERTO & JOBIM (Capitol T-2160)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1960
- recording artist
- Gilberto, Joao
- Antonio Carlos Jobin and his Orchestra
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.750
- maker number
- T-2160
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.750
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Guitar From Ipanema
- Description (Brief)
- Laurindo Almeida. GUITAR FROM IPANEMA (Capitol T-2197)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1964
- recording artist
- Almeida, Laurindo
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.802
- maker number
- T-2197
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.802
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Earl "Fatha" Hines...His Piano, and Ralph Carmichael's Swingin' Band
- Description (Brief)
- Earl "Fatha" Hines. EARL "FATHA" HINES...HIS PIANO, AND RALPH CARMICHAEL'S SWINGIN' BIG BAND (Capitol T-1971)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1963
- recording artist
- Hines, Earl
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.803
- maker number
- T-1971
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.803
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Lonely Moments; Whistle Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. side 1: LONELY MOMENTS; side 2: WHISTLE BLUES (Capitol 324)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1981.0566.023
- accession number
- 1981.0566
- maker number
- 374
- catalog number
- 1981.0566.023
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: The Freedom Trail; God Bless America
- Description (Brief)
- side 1: Johnny Mercer, Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman, Margaret Whiting, and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and his Orchestra. THE FREEDOM TRAIL; side 2: Margaret Whiting and The Pied Pipers. GOD BLESS AMERICA (Capitol 15003)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Mercer, Johnny
- Lee, Peggy
- Goodman, Benny
- Whiting, Margaret
- Pied Pipers
- Paul Weston and his Orchestra
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1981.0656.119
- accession number
- 1981.0656
- maker number
- 15003
- catalog number
- 1981.0656.119
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: The Lonesome Road; Fine and Dandy
- Description (Brief)
- side 1: Benny Goodman and his Quartet. THE LONESOME ROAD; side 2: Benny Goodman and his Quintet. FINE AND DANDY (Capitol 394)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Benny Goodman and his Quartet
- Benny Goodman and his Quintet
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1988.0698.1108
- catalog number
- 1988.0698.1108
- accession number
- 1988.0698
- catalog number
- 1988.698.1108
- maker number
- 394
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Hi 'Ya Sophia; Baby, Have You Got a Little Love To Spare
- Description (Brief)
- Benny Goodman Sextet. side 1: HI 'YA SOPHIA; side 2: HAVE YOU GOT A LITTLE LOVE TO SPARE (Capitol 462)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Benny Goodman Sextet
- maker
- Capitol
- ID Number
- 1988.0698.1129
- catalog number
- 1988.0698.1129
- accession number
- 1988.0698
- catalog number
- 1988.698.1129
- maker number
- 462
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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