| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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The 1862 Homestead Act was signed by Lincoln. He also issued the first paper dollar.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Political map showing slave states (gray), free states (red) and non states (green) in 1856.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
 |
Copy of hoods worn in prison by conspirators to assassinate Lincoln.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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The original plan was to take Lincoln hostage and bind him with this rope found at one of the conspitators' house.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
 |
Revolvers and holsters carried by Booth while he was on the run after the assassination.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Revolver used against, Secretary of State, William H Seward (1801-1872) in an assassination attempt at his home on the same day Lincoln was shot.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
 |
The surrender of Confederate general, Robert E Lee (right) to Union general, Ulysses S Grant marked the end of the American Civil War in 1865.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
 |
Programme at Ford's Theatre on the day of the assassination.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Gloves worn by Major Henry R Rathbone, one of Lincoln's guests at the theatre.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Life mask of Lincoln (1965) by Clarke Mills.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Boarding house (right) opposite Ford's Theatre.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
 |
Lincoln was taken to the boarding house after being shot.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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The interior of the boarding house.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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One of the boarding house bedrooms.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Coal fire.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Wallpaper.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
 |
Medical kit used to treat Lincoln's injuries. The doctor was an audience member.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
 |
One of pillows used under the injured Lincoln's head (with bloodstains).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Lincoln died in this bed next morning.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Over 15,000 books have been written (2024) about Lincoln's life and death.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Ford's Theatre
|
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Some of the books written about Lincoln.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
|
 |
DC fire engine.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Department of Justice
|
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USA Department of Justice on Pennsylvania Avenue.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Department of Justice
|
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The distinctive tower.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Department of Justice
|
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Decorated entrance.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
|
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USA Attorney General's Office.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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The neo Classical National Archives.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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The domed interior houses the USA's most important documents.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
 |
Proclamation from the English King, George to supress the rebellion of the American colonies.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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Senate Journal of the First Congress of the United States of America.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
 |
Declaration of Independence of the USA (July 1776).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
 |
Reading of the Declaration of Independence from the East Balcony of the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts, 18 July 1776.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
 |
The "Fiery Trial Speech" by Abraham Lincoln advocating the abolition of slavery.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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USA birthday poster from 1918.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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District of Columbia Congress.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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Articles of Confederation.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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George Washington's annotated draft copy of the USA Constitution.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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Design of the Great Seal.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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The USA Constitution.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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The Articles of the USA Constitution.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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Signatures on the USA Constitution.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
 |
Proposed amendments to the USA Constitution.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
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Illustration of making parchiament, the material on which important documents were written.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
 |
French soldiers who fought with the Americans for Independence from the British.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : National Archives
|
 |
The North Atlantic Treaty (1949).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
|
 |
View of the Capitol.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
|
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Buildings near the National Mall.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
|
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Pennsylvania Avenue is diagonal relative to the Downtown grid of streets.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
|
 |
The Andrew W Mellon Auditorium.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
The Museum of American History and Culture is in a modern building. It is run by the Smithsonian Institute.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
The Museum of American Culture has a large section on Entertainment.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Thomas Edison's phonograph (1896) played individually recorded wax cylinders but they were fragile and short lived.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Alexander Graham Bell's early gramophones (1886) could play five minutes worth of sound on cylinders.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Experimental gramophone record (1888) invented by Emile Berliner using a shellac compound for the discs.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Emile Berliner's gramaphone (1887) could play mass produced flat discs which were durable and longer playing than cyllinders.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Commerical gramaphones made by Emile Berliner were popular and allowed people to choose what music they listened to at home.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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1915 window with Nipper listening to music. This was the trademark of Emile Berliner's gramophone company (1901) which became His Master's Voice then RCA.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Dorothy's ruby slippers (1939) as worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz".
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet (1977). Gillespie toured the Soviet Union in the 1950s to counteract accusations of racism in the USA.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
R2-D2 and C-3PO costumes used in the "Star Wars" movie, "Return of the Jedi" (1983).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Kermit the Frog (c1970s) and Miss Piggy (2016).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
First edition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852), an anti slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), an abolitionist.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Poster for the play, "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Banjo made by William Boucher Jr (c1845). Black musicians used the African banjo to make music when they were slaves.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Cardinal Wolsey costume (c1857) worn by Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876) was an actress whose contralto voice allowed her to play both female and male parts.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Figurine of Mae West (1893-1980) from the 1930s. She was a risque sex symbol in the movies before censorship rules came into force in 1934.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
The coat Bette Davis (1908-1989) wore as Charlotte Vale for a pivotal romantic encounter in the movie, "Now, Voyager" (1942).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Uniform hat worn by Irving Berlin (1888-1989) in the Broadway musical, "This is the Army" (1942) and the sheet music for his composition, "God Bless America" (1939).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Typewriter (1926) used by actor and film maker, Orson Wells (1915-1985). Wells wrote the radio play "War of the Worlds" on this machine in 1938; it caused panic in the USA as listeners thought it was a news item.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Promotional photograph of Tisianina Redfeather (c1915), a Muscogee vocalist who sang about indigenous life and the struggle for voting rights.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
DJ, Grandmaster Flash's (born 1958) turntable between 1978 and 1988.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Saxophone played by John Coltrane (1926-1967) after recording the album, "A Love Supreme" (1965).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Althea Thomas's organ shoes, worn while playing the organ for the congregation of Martin Luther King Jr between 1955 and 1960.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Guitar played by Paul Simon from his 1991 concert in Central Park, New York City.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Record of "Strange Fruit" (1939) by jazz and blues singer, Billie Holiday (1915-1959). The song was about the lynching of black people by hanging them on trees. It was banned in the USA and (surprisingly) in the UK.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Shoes worn by Cuban-USA salsa singer, Celia Cruz (1925-2003) on stage, c1992.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Clayton Moore's mask for the TV show, "The Lone Ranger" (1949-1957), a Western superhero and his indigenous companion, Tonto.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Dress worn by Mary Wilson (1924-2021) in the Tamla Motown girl group, The Supremes in 1967.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
LeVar Burton's shackles from the TV mini series "Roots" (1977) when he played Kunte Kinte, an African slave in the USA.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Costume worn by Zero Mostel for his role as Tevye in the Broadway musical, "Fiddler on the Roof" (1964). The musical ran for more than 3000 performances and mainstreamed Jewish culture in the USA.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Prop FBI badge used by Gillian Anderson in her role as Dana Scully from the TV series "The X-Files" (1993-2002).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Red Angel costume worn by Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham on "Star Trek: Discovery" (2018).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Gloves worn by Julie Newmar in her role as Catwoman in the TV series, "Batman" (1966-1968).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Dressing gown worn by boxer, Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) while training for his fight with George Foreman (1949-2025) in 1974.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
The original Cookie Monster from "Sesame Street" (1969).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Rosita (1993) from the children's TV series, "Sesame Street".
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Costume worn by Dr Loretta Long as Susan Robinson on "Sesame Street", 1970s.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Shield used by Chris Evans as the title character in the 2013 movie, "Captain America, The Winter Soldier".
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Timbales played by Tito Puente (of Puerto Rican heritage, 1923-2000) at the 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremonies.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Costume worn by Halle Berry in her role as Storm (Ororo Munroe) in the movie, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Gold plated microphone used by Oprah Winfrey during her 24th season opener of her TV talk show in 2009.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Mosquito-in-amber prop used in the movie, "Jurassic Park" (1993).
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Shirt, bow tie and lab coat worn by Bill Nye (Science Guy) in the 1990s.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
Costume worn by Gloria Estefan in the 1987 music video, "Rhythm is Gonna Get You" and congas played by Emilio Estefan (1980s). The couple were immigrants from Cuba.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Billie Jean King's uniform in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match in 1973.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
 |
The album, "Young, Gifted and Black" (1972) by soul singer, Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) captured Black Power's declaration of racial pride.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Signpost (1982) from the set of the TV show, "M*A*S*H".
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Costume from the musical, "Hamilton".
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Sylvester Stallone's robe from the movie, "Rocky" (1976) and Larry Hagman's hat from the TV series, "Dallas" from his role as oilman, J R Ewing.
|
2024 |
| United States of America |
State / Province : District of Columbia
City / Town : Washington DC
Site / Event : Museum of American Culture
|
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Studio radio microphone (late 1940s) from WANN. In the USA radio stations have four letter codes rather than names.
|
2024 |
were added from 1 March 2026.