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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1956
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.02.01
- accession number
- 2009.0017
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- Description (Brief)
- This red plastic thermos bottle was made by Thermos in 1985. The bottle has a white plastic, screw-on cup lid with handle and a white screw-on stopper with a yellow hinged pouring spout. The front of the thermos is decorated with a colorful cartoon image of Indiana Jones posing in his trademark hat and whip.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1984
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos
- ID Number
- 2004.3009.14.02
- nonaccession number
- 2004.3009
- catalog number
- 2004.3009.14.02
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- Description (Brief)
- Post card made by Kraus Manufacturing Co. in New York, New York, in 1911. Card number K. 205, is made of off-white paper card stock with black ink. There is an image of actor Julian Eltinge in "drag" costume on the front of the postcard. The back of the card is printed with information about the musical play The Fascinating Widow, starring Julian Eltinge, at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, January 30th, 1911.
- Julian Eltinge, born William Julian Dalton (1881-1941), was an American actor and female impersonator. Eltinge began his career in vaudeville and acheived his greatest sucess in the 1910 musical comedy The Fascinating Widow, written by Otto Hauerbach specifically for Eltinge. The play premiered in Atlantic City, New Jersey, then toured the United States for 10 months before appearing on Broadway in September 1911. Eltinge is considered to be one of the greatest female impersonators of the 20th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1911
- depicted (sitter)
- Eltinge, Julian
- ID Number
- 2014.0311.01
- accession number
- 2014.0311
- catalog number
- 2014.0311.01
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1953
- lyricist
- Robin, Leo
- composer
- Styne, Jule
- depicted (sitter)
- Russell, Jane
- Monroe, Marilyn
- ID Number
- 2018.3010.330
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3010
- catalog number
- 2018.3010.330
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- Description
- The comic book Operation Bikini was based on the 1963 film of the same name. The movie, directed by Anthony Carras,starred Tab Hunter, Frankie Avalon, Scott Brady, Jim Backus, Gary Crosby, and Eva Six. Set in World War 2, the film follows a submarine crew and an underwater demolition team on their mission to destroy a sunken US submarine before the Japanese can discover it and it's advanced radar system.
- The art for this comic adapatation was done by Joe Sinnott.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1963
- publisher
- Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 1980.0202.05
- accession number
- 1980.0202
- catalog number
- 1980.0202.05
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- Description (Brief)
- The Righteous Brothers. side 1: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'; side 2: There's a Woman (Philles 124)
- 45 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1964
- recording artist
- Righteous Brothers
- ID Number
- 1996.3034.06520
- catalog number
- 1996.3034.06520
- label number
- 124
- nonaccession number
- 1996.3034
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- Description
- This sheet music is for the song “That’s My Weakness,” with words and music by Bud Green and Sam H. Stept. It was published by Shapiro, Berstein and Co. in New York, New York in 1928. The cover features an inset of American singer and actress Helen Kane (1904-1966) who “successfully introduced this song.”
- The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and designer Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887-1957). With a prolific career spanning over forty years, Barbelle created numerous works of cover art for sheet music and albums.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1928
- depicted (sitter)
- Kane, Helen
- publisher
- Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
- ID Number
- 1985.0403.16
- accession number
- 1985.0403
- catalog number
- 1985.0403.16
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- Description (Brief)
- Original artwork, of page 7, for the book Here Comes the Parade, written by Kathryn Jackson with illustrations by Richard Scarry, and published by Simon & Schuster in New York, New York, in 1951.
- Better known for his animal characters and the Busytown series, Richard Scarry (1919-1994) was one of the most prolific authors and illustrators of 20th century children’s books. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston until he was drafted into the army during World War II. After the war, Scarry worked as a freelance artist and contracted with Simon & Schuster to work on the Little Golden Book series. His first illustrations appeared in Two Little Miners, a 1949 story written by Margaret Wise Brown. Scarry’s most popular Little Golden Book was Best Word Book Ever, published in 1963. He published more than 500 children’s books, most depicting animals who took on human characteristics.
- In Here Comes the Parade, depicting the beloved Macy's Thanksgiving parade in downtown New York City, Scarry's illustrations are sketched in pencil, colored with gouache and outlined with pen and ink. This annual celebration ushers in the busy Christmas holiday season and Scarry includes a vast array of participants, including a policeman, vendors, performers, bands, spectators and of course the giant balloons. The balloon figures include well-known book characters from The Wizard of Oz, as well as more recent popular TV figures such as Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse and his friends.
- The book’s subject represents one of the basic concepts supported by the progressive education movement, which encouraged literature celebrating the “here and now”—everyday life experiences—and aimed to tell stories about real events.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1951
- maker
- Scarry, Richard
- ID Number
- 1992.0634.081.07
- accession number
- 1992.0634
- catalog number
- 1992.0634.081.07
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- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song “I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier.” Alfred Bryan wrote the lyrics to the song and Al Piantadosi composed the music. Leo Feist Inc. of New York City published this sheet music in 1915. The cover features an illustration of an old woman sitting by a fireplace clutching her son to her, with visions of warfare floating above her head. There is an inset photograph of the “American Comedy Four” on the left of the cover. The illustrator signed the cover with a “Rosebud” on the lower left.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1915
- publisher
- Leo Feist, Inc.
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.176
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.176
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- Description (Brief)
- Original artwork, of page 20, for the book, Gaston and Josephine, written by Georges Duplaix with illustrations by Feodor Rojankovsky, and published by Simon & Schuster in New York, New York, in 1949.
- At an early age, Latvian-born Feodor Rojankovsky (1891-1970) discovered his passion for drawing and was captivated with animals an d the natural world. He entered the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts but was drafted into the Russian Army during World War I, where he worked as a sketch artist documenting the war. In 1927, he moved to Paris to continue his study of art and became interested in fashion, theatrical set design and illustrating children’s books.
- Rojankovsky’s keen sense of observation and his vivid imagination, coupled with his love for nature, was a major source of inspiration for his artwork. Flat, richly detailed, colorful illustrations evoked the fanciful drawings of the folklore tradition of European fairy tales. When the Nazi influence spread through Europe, Rojankovsky fled to the United States. His talents were quickly recognized and, like many of the other Golden Book illustrators, he was hired to work for the Artists and Writers Guild in New York. He created illustrations for numerous Little Golden Books, including The Three Bears and Farm Favorites.
- Most of Feodor Rojankovsky’s characters were animals who took on human traits and characteristics. Gaston and Josephine are two French pigs who decide to run away from their home in the French countryside. The story follows their escapades as they make their way to the docks to board an ocean liner and embark on their journey to the United States.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1933
- maker
- Rojankvosky, Feodor
- ID Number
- 1992.0634.071.15
- accession number
- 1992.0634
- catalog number
- 1992.0634.071.15
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- CL.314637.00298
- accession number
- 314637
- catalog number
- 314637.00298
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- Description (Brief)
- Original artwork, of page 13, for the book, Two Little Miners, written by Margaret Wise Brown with illustrations by Richard Scarry, and published by Simon & Schuster in New York, New York, in 1949. Two Little Miners is part of the Little Golden Books Civic Series. These books introduced young children to the everyday working man, fundamental occupations and essential public service jobs such as policeman, fireman and postman.
- Scarry's physical depiction of the two miners and some of the elements depicted in the home scenes are reminiscent of immigrants from southern Europe. According to the online resource, eWV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, “individuals of Italian extraction constitute one of the most important ethnic groups in West Virginia’s population. Most of these Italian Americans date their connection with the state to ancestors who were recruited during the early years of the 20th century to serve the labor needs of West Virginia’s rapidly developing industrial economy. With more than 17,000 Italian immigrants in the state by 1910, they made up 30 percent of West Virginia’s foreign-born population.”
- “The great majority of Italian immigrants were employed in the coal industry as pick-and-shovel miners. West Virginia mines were among the most mechanized in this country, but miners born in America or northern Europe generally operated the new machines and usually earned better money, while their counterparts from less favored regions did the handwork.”
- Better known for his animal characters and the Busytown series, Richard Scarry (1919-1994) was one of the most prolific 20th-century authors and illustrators of children’s books. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston until he was drafted into the army during World War II. After the war, Scarry worked as a freelance artist and contracted with Simon & Schuster to work on the Little Golden Book series. His first illustrations appeared in Two Little Miners, a 1949 story written by Margaret Wise Brown. Scarry’s most popular Little Golden Book was Best Word Book Ever, published in 1963. He published more than 500 children’s books, most depicting animals who took on human characteristics.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1949
- maker
- Scarry, Richard
- ID Number
- 1992.0634.072.16
- accession number
- 1992.0634
- catalog number
- 1992.0634.072.16
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1957
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.15.02
- accession number
- 2009.0017
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- Description (Brief)
- This domed, tin lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1960. The lunch box has two metal snaps for a hinged lid and a collapsible red plastic handle. The lunch box is covered with images of space scenes, including lunar exploration, satellites, and spaceships.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1960
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos
- ID Number
- 2004.3009.20
- nonaccession number
- 2004.3009
- catalog number
- 2004.3009.20
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1957
- depicted (sitter)
- Earl, Robert
- Lotis, Dennis
- Mason, Glen
- lyricist; composer
- Melsher, Irving
- maker
- Chappell and Co.
- ID Number
- 2018.3010.178
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3010
- catalog number
- 2018.3010.178
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1973-06
- maker
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2018.3010.093
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3010
- catalog number
- 2018.3010.093
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- Description (Brief)
- Al Haig Trio. side 1: Opus Caprice; side 2: Stairway to the Stars (New Jazz NJ 823).78 rpm.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1950
- recording artist
- Al Haig Trio
- maker
- New Jazz
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.343
- maker number
- 823
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.343
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- performing artist; user
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.034
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.034
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1960s
- user
- Fernández, Rosita
- ID Number
- 2001.0130.06
- accession number
- 2001.0130
- catalog number
- 2001.0130.06
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- Description
- Fred Kirby. side 1: Somewhere a Heart Is Breaking; side 2: Hello My Baby (Sonora 1114), from the album, Hillbilly Tunes (Sonora MS-477).78 rpm.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- release date
- ca 1947
- recording artist
- Kirby, Fred
- manufacturer
- Sonora
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05158
- maker number
- 1114
- MS-477
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05158
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