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  • Let's Go to the Movies: Artifacts and Icons of the American Cinema
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Let's Go to the Movies: Artifacts and Icons of the American Cinema

Since its birth in the late 19th century, American cinema has been one of the most powerful forms of popular art. American movies shape how the world sees us and how we see ourselves. The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is home to an extensive number of objects and images related to film and television history, and more are being digitized all the time. The National Portrait Gallery features notable stars of the big screen. The National Postal Museum houses commemorative stamps featuring icons of film.


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

Technicolor Camera

R2-D2, from Return of the Jedi

Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

"How the Weinies Worsted Charley" Mutoscope Movie Poster

Prop egg from Alien 3 trailer

Make-up

Sound

Lumière Cinématographe Camera, Printer, and Projector, 1895

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

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Lunch Box

Censorship

Publicity

Cutter

Trousers worn by Ray Bolger in the role of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz

Janet Leigh

Esther Williams

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

Motion Picture Film Pieces

Program from the movie, "The Endless Summer" released in 1966

Poster from the movie, "The Endless Summer" released in 1966

Indiana Jones Thermos

Script for The Wizard of Oz

Lupe Vélez cinema card

Harrison Ford doing electrical repair for Sevem Darden at his house on Fountain Avenue, Hollywood, CA, 1967

Clara Bow cinema card

Dolores del Río cinema card

Myrna Loy cinema card

Fay Wray cinema card

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