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 1943 items.
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sound recording: Oh, Baby
- Description (Brief)
- Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. side 1: OH, BABY! (part 1); side 2: OH, BABY! (part 2) (Columbia 55039)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1946
- recording artist
- Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
- maker
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.761
- maker number
- 55039
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.761
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Peg 'O My Heart; St. Louis Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Miff Mole and his Nicksieland Band. side 1: PEG 'O MY HEART; side 2: ST. LOUIS BLUES (Columbia 1518)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Miff Mole and his Nicksieland Band
- maker
- Columbia
- Commodore
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.762
- maker number
- 1518
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.762
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: What Is This Thing Called Love; Slow Joe
- Description (Brief)
- Charlie Ventura and his Sextet. side 1: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE; side 2: SLOW JOE (Black & White 1222)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1946
- recording artist
- Charlie Venturo and his Sextet
- maker
- Black & White
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.763
- maker number
- 1222
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.763
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; S'wonderful
- Description (Brief)
- Charlie Venturo and his Sextet. side 1: NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN; side 2: S'WONDERFUL (Black & White 1220)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1946
- recording artist
- Charlie Venturo and his Sextet
- maker
- Black & White
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.764
- maker number
- 1220
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.764
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Lullaby Of the Leaves; St. Louis Blues
- Description (Brief)
- side 1: Mary Lou [Williams] and her Chosen Five. LULLABY OF THE LEAVES; side 2: Mary Lou Williams. ST. LOUIS BLUES (Asch 1004)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Williams, Mary Lou
- Mary Lou Williams and her Chosen Five
- maker
- Asch
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.765
- maker number
- 1004
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.765
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: St. Louis Blues; Jazz Me Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Sidney's Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men. side 1: ST. LOUIS BLUES; side 2: JAZZ ME BLUES (Blue Note 44)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.766
- maker number
- 44
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.766
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Shake That Thing; Apex Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Art Hodes' Blue Five. side 1: SHAKE THAT THING; side 2: APEX BLUES (Blue Note 45)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Art Hodes' Blue Five
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.767
- maker number
- 45
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.767
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Sugar Foot Stomp; Sweet Georgia Brown
- Description (Brief)
- Art Hodes' Blue Note Jazz Men. side 1: SUGAR FOOT STOMP; side 2: SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (Blue Note 34)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Art Hodes' Blue Note Jazzmen
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.768
- maker number
- 34
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.768
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Salty Dog; Weary Blues
- Description (Brief)
- Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men. side 1: SALTY DOG; side 2: WEARY BLUES (Blue Note 49)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1945
- recording artist
- Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.769
- maker number
- 49
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.769
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording; K.M.H. Drag; Funny Feathers
- Description (Brief)
- Original Art Hodes Trio. side 1: K.M.H. DRAG; side 2: FUNNY FEATHERS (Blue Note 51)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1945
- recording artist
- Original Art Hodes Trio
- maker
- Blue Note
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.770
- maker number
- 51
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.770
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center