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- Typatune Musical Typewriter, 1945 - This instructional toy was developed in the 1930s to help children learn to type. Each key plays a different note. An included book of songs gives students typing practice while they make music; songs include old favorites such as "Pop Goes the Weasel" and "Yankee Doodle." Note that the Typatune did not actually print letters on paper: it was strictly for practice.
- 1945
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Typatune Musical Typewriter, 1945
This instructional toy was developed in the 1930s to help children learn to type. Each key plays a different note. An included book of songs gives students typing practice while they make music; songs include old favorites such as "Pop Goes the Weasel" and "Yankee Doodle." Note that the Typatune did not actually print letters on paper: it was strictly for practice.
- Disc Music Box, 1903 -
- 1903
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Disc Music Box, 1903
- Making Music Your Own, 1965 -
- 1965
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Making Music Your Own, 1965
- Woodstock Music Festival Flag, 1969 - On August 15-18, 1969, over 400,000 people attended the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York. Vendors, musicians, and technical crew used this flag, which features the event logo, to access the festival grounds and backstage area and to distinguish themselves from other attendees. Woodstock is often remembered as a high point of the 1960s countercultural movement.
- 1969
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Woodstock Music Festival Flag, 1969
On August 15-18, 1969, over 400,000 people attended the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York. Vendors, musicians, and technical crew used this flag, which features the event logo, to access the festival grounds and backstage area and to distinguish themselves from other attendees. Woodstock is often remembered as a high point of the 1960s countercultural movement.
- Sheet Music, "Over the Rainbow," 1939 - The 1939 MGM film, <EM>The Wizard of Oz</EM>, is the most famous and successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's <EM>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</EM>. The film starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, and Bert Lahr as her intelligent, compassionate and courageous companions. The film was televised annually beginning in 1959, attracting a new generation of viewers.
- 1939
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Sheet Music, "Over the Rainbow," 1939
The 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz, is the most famous and successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film starred Judy Garland as Dorothy, and Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, and Bert Lahr as her intelligent, compassionate and courageous companions. The film was televised annually beginning in 1959, attracting a new generation of viewers.
- Cylinder Music Box, 1880-1885 -
- 1880-1885
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Cylinder Music Box, 1880-1885
- Music Sheet, "Hello, Frisco!," 1915 - <html><body><i>Hello Frisco</i>--written for the <i>Ziegfeld Follies of 1915</i>-- is a love song that also commemorates invention of the transcontinental phone line, introduced at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition. To inaugurate the line, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson recreated the first phone call; this time Bell was in New York and Watson was 3400 miles away in California.</body> </html>
- 1915
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Music Sheet, "Hello, Frisco!," 1915
Hello Frisco--written for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1915-- is a love song that also commemorates invention of the transcontinental phone line, introduced at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition. To inaugurate the line, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson recreated the first phone call; this time Bell was in New York and Watson was 3400 miles away in California. - Display of Musical Instruments, 1932 -
- May 02, 1932
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Display of Musical Instruments, 1932
- Hallmark "Music" Christmas Ornament, 2006 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2006
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Hallmark "Music" Christmas Ornament, 2006
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Music Sheet, "Female Suffrage," 1867 - Music rallied support around the long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. This piece of sheet music was dedicated to four early suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association; George Francis Train, who financed the group's monthly publication, <EM>The Revolution</EM>; and Lucy Stone, who launched the <EM>Woman's Journal</EM>, another women's rights newspaper.
- 1867
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Music Sheet, "Female Suffrage," 1867
Music rallied support around the long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. This piece of sheet music was dedicated to four early suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association; George Francis Train, who financed the group's monthly publication, The Revolution; and Lucy Stone, who launched the Woman's Journal, another women's rights newspaper.