WWDC (Radio station : Washington, D.C.) Search this
Names:
Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1901-1960) Search this
Extent:
0.01 Cubic feet (One letter folder.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
45 rpm records
Date:
July 20, 1969
Summary:
This donation consists of one Man on the Moon "Decade in a Day" seven-inch 45 rpm vinyl record, with album cover.
Scope and Contents:
This donation consists of one Man on the Moon "Decade in a Day" seven-inch 45 rpm vinyl record, with album cover. This recording captures the historical moment during the Senators-Yankees Game in Yankee Stadium on July 20, 1969.
Arrangement:
No arrangement, just one item.
Biographical / Historical:
On the evening of July 20, 1969, not everyone was focused on the Apollo 11 moon landing all the time. Many baseball fans were tuned in to radio broadcasts from Yankee stadium that night as the Yankees played the Washington Senators. At the moment of landing, broadcasters interrupted the game and switched over to the live feeds, unscripted and unedited, that they were receiving from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). When Eagle landed, and the stations switched back over to the game, it was announced in the stadium that Apollo 11 had landed on the Moon. The roar of the crowd, which then later breaks out into song in celebration, perfectly captures the mood of a nation, filled with pride in the accomplishment. In a stroke of marketing genius, WWDC Radio, and the Washington Senators, produced a commemorative 45 rpm record album that they gave away as a marketing gift that would forever associate their team and brand with the moment.
Provenance:
Bud Keiser, Gift, 2019, NASM.2019.0025
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 12" x 20".)
Container:
Box 14, Folder 9
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Banquet camera photographs
Panoramas
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1940 -- Photographs
Date:
circa 1930s
Scope and Contents:
Scan Number: AC0618.004.0001793.tif
Scoreboard and wall of advertisements for: Brownley's sport fudge, J. Frank Kelly Inc., Elit Laundry; Budweiser and Busch Lager, Brodts Inc., Terminal Ice and Fuel Company, Hav-A-Tampa Cigar, Fussells Ice Cream, Mike Martin's Liniment, Hahn "Florsheim" Shoes, Captial Garage, Majestic Radio, Fairway Fertilizer, The Washington Cadillac Co., "The 'Senators use' Lifebuoy. Protects health - ends 'B.O.'", Washington Times, Parker Bridget Co., Coca-Cola, Hotel Occidental Restaurant, City Cabs, De Moll & Co., Olmsted Grill, Browning & Baines Orienta Brand Coffee, Mayer & Co., Colonial, "This Stadium built by George A. Fuller Company", Wilner & Co., Packard Shoe, National Extra Dry Ginger Ale, Fred Pelzman's Fashion Shop. Ink on negative: "B". No edge imprint. No Scurlock number.
Exhibitions Note:
Section of this image used as a graphic on the back of a case in the exhibit "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise," NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30 - November 15, 2009.
Subseries Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details.
Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Subseries Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Baseball -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.). Search this
advertising -- 1930-1940 -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Sports -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1940. Search this
Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Banquet camera photographs -- 1930-1940
Panoramas
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.