"Man...is only fully a human being when he plays." Playfulness on display in our automata exhibit! http://t.co/XPH8n0CrThis tweet was posted on January 19, 2012.
"You win every time" The Little Monte Carlo allowed five-way play with payouts determined by the color played. #GamesofChanceThis tweet was posted on June 01, 2017.
#DuaneEddy is one of the first and most influential #instrumentalrock ’n’ roll guitarists. Eddy made his breakthrough playing a Gretsch 6120 guitar in 1958 when he scored a No. 6 hit on the Billboard charts with “Rebel-Rouser.” #InstrumentalSurfThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2021.
#LinkWray recalled, “I’ve got bad eyes and I can’t hear real good so I had to play loud ‘cause I couldn’t play clean…The only reason I was doing instrumentals was because I couldn’t sing.” https://t.co/RyoEsQmsfa #InstrumentalSurf#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on January 07, 2021.
@annetkentroom They should have sat down to play a game of this, instead: http://t.co/ebQUUaJmPM :)This tweet was posted on April 02, 2013.
@bonniegrrl Awesome! It's too bad we didn't include one of the 3-D chess sets from Star Trek. Seems impossible to play that and not cheat...This tweet was posted on November 07, 2011.
@ebwiz @hypnocrite Let's Play! (our board game exhibit) closed last week & has been replaced w/ From Ship to Shore: http://t.co/QoE7ITatrIThis tweet was posted on May 28, 2013.
@snesbitt Happy we could help - even happier that you enjoyed Let's Play! - & we hope you have a wonderful holiday season!This tweet was posted on December 24, 2012.
@tnaran Awesome!! Thanks for spending time with Let's Play!! We're happy to hear that you enjoyed it :)This tweet was posted on October 26, 2012.
@trippinonlight Our curators (one of whom plays Yma Sumac occasionally in our design lab) will be happy to hear that!This tweet was posted on November 14, 2011.
A distinction between automata & mechanical toys (eg: http://t.co/D9XWXLSc) is former were to be admired & the latter were for play.This tweet was posted on March 28, 2012.
Although #DuaneEddy’s Gretsch 6120 guitar played well, it was heavy and the electrical system was prone to feedback. He retired the guitar after an appearance on American Bandstand and a few other live performances. #InstrumentalSurfThis tweet was posted on January 13, 2021.
Although Cleveland Chenier was not the first to play a rubboard, his younger brother Clifton was the first to design this instrument to fit like a vest over his chest, a style which came to be emulated by other zydeco musicians who followed after him. #StoryofArhoolie#ArhoolieThis tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.
And away they go. Scene from yesterday's deinstallation in T2 of Let's Play. http://t.co/t03eWBochAThis tweet was posted on May 22, 2013.
At 101, we bid farewell to Wayne Thiebaud, esteemed painter of luminous, playful still lives and landscapes, and icon of Northern California. This tweet was posted on December 27, 2021.
At once contemporary and timeless, “[hyphen] Americans” presents a portrait of America while raising larger questions about the role played by photographic technologies in defining cultural identity, both historically and in present times. #KeliyAndersonStaley@KAndersonStaleyThis tweet was posted on June 02, 2019.
At once contemporary and timeless, “[hyphen] Americans” presents a broadly inclusive portrait of America while raising larger questions about the role played by photographic technologies in defining cultural identity, both historically and in present times. #KeliyAndersonStaleyThis tweet was posted on September 01, 2019.
Based on the roulette wheel, this gum vendor and trade stimulator features colorful graphics depicting a fortune-teller and crystal ball. Each penny played on The Gypsy Fortune Teller dispensed a ball of gum. #CoinOperatedThis tweet was posted on August 30, 2018.
Before wifi and on-demand movies, playing cards were among the most popular of in-flight entertainment… http://t.co/qC3m7MyUHWThis tweet was posted on December 26, 2014.
Born in Centerville, Texas, country bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins learned to play the guitar from his older brother John Henry Hopkins. A prolific songwriter, he recorded nearly 200 songs during his career, which began in the 1940s and ended in the early 1980s. #StoryofArhoolieThis tweet was posted on April 30, 2019.
By the 1920s and ’30s, steel-guitar playing had become popular in the United States. The instrument is typically played horizontally rather than upright. #StoryofArhoolieThis tweet was posted on January 16, 2019.
Celebrate #NationalPublicLandsDay with a short film at SFO. Will and Jim Pattiz turn their attention to Northern California’s ancient forests. See "Redwood" now playing in the Video Arts screening room located pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/HbhKMCfI0h This tweet was posted on September 28, 2019.
Celebrate #PlayingCardDay with a few of our 1,500 decks of playing cards from airlines around the world! https://t.co/W41jxlxseW #avgeekThis tweet was posted on December 28, 2015.
Cleveland Chenier, the older brother of the "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier, played the rubboard in Clifton's zydeco band. The rubboard is a rhythm instrument made from a corrugated steel board. #StoryofArhoolie#ArhoolieThis tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.