869 results for: Performing Arts and Music
Music, notated
Beware Little Children
The music and lyrics for “Beware Little Children” were written by Charles P. Hughes and published in a pamphlet by F. J. Kroulik in 1925. The pamphlet sought to educate children on safety behaviors around cars and included safety rules as well as a coloring page. One suggestion was for children to have their "teacher form an 'A B C'…
ID Number:2018.3.2.8
Date:1924
Music, notated
Ho, the Navy! Hail, the Navy!
In July 1933, a fleet of Navy ships paid its annual visit to Seattle. The city celebrated with Fleet Frolic Week, a celebration of dances, parades, games, and a carnival. In 1932, the city held a Fleet Week song-writing contest for Seattle composers. Rosetta Perry Gibbon (1904-1988), wife of a Seattle Times editorial writer, was the winner, but time was…
ID Number:2018.3.2.9
Date:1933
Music, notated
My Heart's in the Aeroplane
“My Heart’s in the Aeroplane” was published in 1911, some eight years after the Wright Brothers made their first flight. The subtitle, “The Latest Air Ship Love Song Success”, implies that this new topic was a popular one. The sheet music cover shows two men flying a fragile airplane, watched from below by a couple in a car. The setting,…
ID Number:2018.3.2.10
Date:1911
Music, notated
Uncle Sammy Here's My Share
In 1917 and 1918, the United States issued Liberty Bonds to pay for World War I, raising some $21.5 billion through patriotic appeals and rallies. Funds were still needed after the war ended. John Henry Lyons, a YMCA song leader at Camp Lewis, wrote an official song for a Victory Loan campaign, urging citizens to keep giving, with the words…
ID Number:2018.3.2.11
Date:1919
Serial
Helix, vol. 4, no. 5, cover, Seattle, circa August 22, 1968
Seattle’s first underground newspaper, “Helix,” was published in March 1967. Inspired by similar papers in New York City, San Francisco, and Berkeley, the paper published some 125 issues before folding in June 1970. Led by Paul Dorpat (b. 1938) and Walt Crowley (1947-2007), the large and eclectic staff covered underground politics, drug culture, bulletins from the Liberation News Service, and…
ID Number:2018.3.6.36
Date:1968
Serial
Helix, vol. 5, no. 5, cover, Seattle, November 14, 1968
Seattle’s first underground newspaper, “Helix,” was published in March 1967. Inspired by similar papers in New York City, San Francisco, and Berkeley, the paper published some 125 issues before folding in June 1970. Led by Paul Dorpat (b. 1938) and Walt Crowley (1947-2007), the large and eclectic staff covered underground politics, drug culture, bulletins from the Liberation News Service, and…
ID Number:2018.3.6.46
Date:1968
Serial
Poplust Magazine, Vol. 3, #2, 1997
Musician Rob Morgan founded his "bubblegum punk" group The Squirrels in 1984 and quickly became part of the Seattle alternative rock and arts scene. For several years Mr. Morgan also published a popular zine, "Poplust," which was completely hand-lettered and hand-drawn. The quarterly publication offered comics, reviews, and articles on pop culture by a variety of local writers, artists, and…
ID Number:2018.16.4
Date:1997
Poster
Advertisement for "The New Gulliver," December 10, 1936
"The New Gulliver" was one of the world's first feature-length film to combine stop-motion animation with live-action footage. Soviet director Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (1900-1973) and his animation crew spent almost three years building 3,000 different puppets and filming the movie. The story, a Communist re-telling of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, was released in 1935 to widespread acclaim. The success…
ID Number:2018.38.10
Date:1936
Poster
Thunderpussy poster with autographs, Seattle, June 2, 2018
Thunderpussy is a Seattle rock band begun in 2013 by Molly Sides and Whitney Petty. The band's breakthrough came after meeting Mike McCready, lead guitarist for Pearl Jam, who then contributed a guitar solo to Thunderpussy's first single, "Velvet Noose." The band later signed with McCready's label, Stardog Records. In 2015 the band gained notoriety when the petition to trademark…
ID Number:2018.47.1
Date:2018
Poster
Inspector Cazbo and Fred concert poster, circa 1990
The poster pictured here advertises a Halloween concert by Inspector Cazbo, featuring Kevin Murphy, Jacque Grad, and Dewey Marler, and Fred, made up of Greg Powers, Jeff McGrath, David Stern, Amy Denio, and Jeff Markham. The show was held on Friday, October 31, at an unknown venue located at 711 E. Pike Street in Seattle. Caption information source: https://forbiddenmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/unknown-eighties-seattle
ID Number:2018.86.2
Date:Circa 1990