Museum of American History

Then we went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History...

The actual counter from the Woolworth
store in Greensboro, NC where in 1960
4 African American college students
sat and refused to get up (it was for
"whites only"). It sparked 6 months of
protests that led to the desegregation
of the restaurant.

Random but very detailed and
huge doll house

George Washington

Julia Child's actual kitchen, torn out
and implanted in the museum.

Original Star Trek phaser prop

Peace sign carried in the 1960s.

C-3PO Suit used in
filming Return
of the Jedi

A bus window that
was busted by someone
throwing something
as it was busing in
students to school to
end segregation.

Some really cool old glasses.

From an old Jewish Synagogue.
Note the hands, they were
also Vulcans.

The original Barbie and
Vietnam-era G.I. Joe, the
one w/the kung fu grip.

Dorothy's ruby slippers from
The Wizard of Oz.

Joe Louis' gloves (1940), and
Lou Gehrig signed baseball.

Edith & Archie Bunker's chairs,
table, ashtray, and beer props
(All in the Family).

Archie Bunker's hat.

Cat Woman's costume
from the 1960s Batman
TV show.

Fonzie's leather jacket
(Happy Days).

Michael Jackson's hat.

Some of the very first Muppets.

The first version of
Kermit the Frog.

Abraham Lincoln's top hat

A plaster cast taken
of Lincoln early in
his Presidency.

And a cast of his hands at the same time.

This bronze was made
from a cast taken late
in his presidency.
These casts were
referenced by the artist
that did the Lincoln
Memorial.

Lincoln and Mary Todd's clothing.

This flag was on Lincoln's funeral
procession.

These were placed on the heads
of the conspirators behind
Lincoln's assassination.

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