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1980s: A Decade in the Collections

The Smithsonian's collections represent our nation's shared history, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural world.


Rantine McKesson

Donald Trump

TV Guide Vol. 29 No. 31, Issue #1479

Tom Cruise

Sports Illustrated Posters of the U.S. Hockey Team during the 1980 Winter Olympics

Laurie Anderson

Hat worn by Larry Hagman in the role of J. R. Ewing on the TV Series Dallas

Steve Jobs

Team USA Jersey worn by Bill Baker of the U.S. Hockey Team during the 1980 Winter Olympics

Hawaiian shirt worn by Tom Selleck on Magnum P.I.

KV-4P1 Portable Television

Republican Encore

Debi Thomas

Jacket worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Fitness Craze

Shirley MacLaine

Sony "Watchman" portable television

Carl Sagan

Art Buchwald

Program from the 1987 national tour of Cabaret

Afrika Bambaataa

David Byrne Self-Portrait

The Rolling Stones

Ring with gold and diamond "MTV" design owned by Fab 5 Freddy

Natassja Kinski

Berlin Wall fragment, Berlin, Germany, 1961

R2-D2, from Return of the Jedi

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Dwight Gooden

Poster, Silence = Death

Kevin Costner

Simply the Best

Carl Lewis

Longtime Companion [black-and-white advertisement]

Untitled, from the portfolio Andy Mouse


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