1927: A Year in the Collections
May 20–21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh made his famous solo, non-stop transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. Philo T. Farnsworth transmitted the first electronic TV image, physicist Heisenberg developed the Uncertainty Principle, and the Harlem Globetrotters took to the road for the first time. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the largest river flood in American history. Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed despite public outcry, Joseph Stalin consolidated power, and the US Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration was formed. There was no doubt that Clara Bow was the “It” Girl, and the film The Jazz Singer wowed with synchronized sound.
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The Lindbergh
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- 1927
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Pendant Design
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- September 1927
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Vase
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- ca. 1927
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Alice Pike Barney, 1927
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- 1927
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Josephine Baker
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- c. 1927
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Upholstered Armchair
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- ca. 1927
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Hollywood
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- 1927
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Arnold Schoenberg
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- 1927
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- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 28
- National Museum of American History 16
- National Portrait Gallery 11
- Smithsonian American Art Museum 10
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 7
- National Air and Space Museum 6
- National Museum of African American History and Culture 5
- National Postal Museum 4
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div 3
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 1
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- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 28
- Exhibitions Department 12
- Currently not on view 11
- National Portrait Gallery Collection 11
- Graphic Arts 10
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 10
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection 7
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department 7
- National Air and Space Museum Collection 6
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department 5
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