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- Description (Brief)
- Poster promoting the 1948 MGM crime film noir Force of Evil starring John Garfield. The film was adapted by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert from Wolfert’s novel Tucker’s People.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1948
- producer
- MGM
- distributor
- Loew's Inc.
- associated individual
- Garfield, John
- maker
- MGM
- ID Number
- 2017.3021.028
- nonaccession number
- 2017.3021
- catalog number
- 2017.3021.028
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- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song “I Want to Be in Dixie” that was written and composed by Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder. The song was published in 1912 by the Waterson, Berlin, & Snyder Company. The cover has an illustration of a man looking across a river at a low sun silhouetting a steam boat going down the river. The illustration is signed by Gene Buck in the lower left hand corner. The cover also features an inset photograph of Lillian Jeanette in the lower right, who would have performed the song in her routine.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1912
- composer
- Berlin, Irving
- Snyder, Ted
- publisher
- Ted Snyder Co.
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.075
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.075
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- Description
- Will Bradley and his Orchestra deaturing Ray McKinley. side 1: Fry Me a Cookie, With a Can of Lard; side 2: Chicken Gumboog(ie) (Columbia 36959), from the album, Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley, (Columbia C-123).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1941 and released on Columbia 36719. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1941 and released on Columbia 35939.
- The album art and design was created by George Howard Maas (1910-1998), an American commercial artist, graphic artist and designer, and art director. Originally from Kansas City, Maas studied at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. In 1939, he was employed as a painter in the WPA (Works Project Administration). By the early 1940s, Maas had moved to New York City where he continued his career with much success creating cover art for albums, book design and illustrations, and poster art.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1941
- release date
- 1947
- recording artist
- McKinley, Ray
- Will Bradley and his Orchestra
- manufacturer
- Columbia
- ID Number
- 1981.0566.189
- maker number
- C-123
- 36959
- accession number
- 1981.0566
- catalog number
- 1981.0566.189
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- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song “Red River Valley” that was written and composed by Richard Hakins. The sheet music was published by Joe Davis Inc. of New York City in 1930. The plain white cover calls the tune a “novelty song.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1930
- publisher
- Joe Davis, Inc.
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.046
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.046
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- designer
- Easter, Dana
- maker
- Easter, Dana
- ID Number
- 2003.0290.05.01
- accession number
- 2003.0290
- catalog number
- 2003.0290.05.01
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- Description
- side1: Staff Sgt. Ezra Stone, Cpl. Phillip Truex, and Pvt. Julie Oshens. The Army's Made a Man Out of Me; side 2: Pvt. Stuart Churchill and Soldier Octet. I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep (Decca 18475), from the album, Irving Berlin's All Soldier Show: This Is the Army (Decca A-340).78 rpm
- This album is from the Broadway musical This Is the Army, with book by James McColl, and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The musical was produced by the U. S. Army in 1942, and featured a cast of U. S. soldiers, for the benefit of the Army Relief Fund. The revue ran at the Broadway Theatre from July 4, 1942, to September 26, 1942, for 113 performances.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1942
- composer
- Berlin, Irving
- manufacturer
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1988.0384.03
- accession number
- 1988.0384
- maker number
- 18475
- catalog number
- 1988.0384.03
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- Description
- Key to the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. During her national tours, communities awarded jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, a key to their city. It is a metal key with a city seal in the center. The key is cast:
- CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
- Location
- Currently not on view
- presenter
- City of New Orleans
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.049.16
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.049.16
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.74.07
- accession number
- 2009.0017
- catalog number
- 2009.0017.74.07
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- Description
- side1: All Soldier Orchestra and Chorus. Overture; side 2: Cpl. Earl Oxford and Soldier Chorus. I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen (Decca 18474), from the album, Irving Berlin's All Soldier Show: This Is the Army (Decca A-340).78 rpm.
- This album is for the Broadway musical This Is the Army, with book by James McColl, and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The musical was produced by the U. S. Army in 1942, and featured a cast of U. S. soldiers, for the benefit of the Army Relief Fund. The revue ran at the Broadway Theatre from July 4, 1942, to September 26, 1942, for 113 performances.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1942
- composer
- Berlin, Irving
- manufacturer
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1988.0384.02
- accession number
- 1988.0384
- maker number
- 18474
- catalog number
- 1988.0384.02
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1955
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.49.05
- accession number
- 2009.0017
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- Description
- This sheet music is for the song “I’ll Still Belong To You,” with music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Edward Eliscu. It was published by Radio Music Co., Inc. in New York, New York in 1930. The song was featured in the 1930 Samuel Goldwyn Productions/United Artists Pre-Code musical comedy film Whoopee!, directed by Thornton Freeland and starred Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Pail Gregory, and Eleanor Hunt. The cover features an image of American performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor, and songwriter Eddie Cantor.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1930
- depicted (sitter)
- Cantor, Eddie
- publisher
- Radio Music Company Inc.
- ID Number
- 1985.0874.09
- accession number
- 1985.0874
- catalog number
- 1985.0874.09
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1980
- used date
- 1980-03-29
- Associated Name
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
- ID Number
- 1981.0768.03b
- accession number
- 1981.0768
- catalog number
- 1981.0768.03b
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1992
- ID Number
- 1993.0170.01
- catalog number
- 1993.0170.01
- accession number
- 1993.0170
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1978
- ID Number
- 2010.3053.02
- accession number
- 2010.3053
- catalog number
- 2010.3053.02
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1927
- referenced
- Ager, Milton
- maker
- Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc.
- ID Number
- 2017.3021.214
- nonaccession number
- 2017.3021
- catalog number
- 2017.3021.214
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- Description
- Mary Lou Williams and her Kansas City Seven. side 1: Baby Dear; side 2: Harmony Blues (Decca 18122), from the album, Kansas City Jazz (Decca 18122).78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1940. This album was released in 1941.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1940
- release date
- 1941
- recording artist
- Mary Lou Williams and her Kansas City Seven
- manufacturer
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.571
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 18122
- 214
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.571
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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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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2011.3085.009
- nonaccession number
- 2011.3085
- catalog number
- 2011.3085.009
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1955
- ID Number
- 2009.0017.41.05
- accession number
- 2009.0017
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- Description
- Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald. side 1: I'm Beginning To See the Light; side 2: I'm Gonna Turn Off the Teardrops (Decca 25344), from the album, Ink Spots - Ella Fitzgerald Souvenir Album (Decca A-657).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1945 and released on Decca 23399. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1945 and released on Decca 18755. This album was released in 1948.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- recording date
- 1945
- release date
- 1948
- recording artist
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Ink Spots
- manufacturer
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1981.0656.499
- accession number
- 1981.0656
- maker number
- A-657
- 25344
- catalog number
- 1981.0656.499
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