Museum object · Record Albums
The Best of Moms and Pigmeat—Volume 1
1964
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A vinyl record (a) and cardboard album jacket (b) for the comedy album The Best of Moms and Pigmeat. The black vinyl record has a black paper label with white text and the CHESS records logo vertically along the left of each side. The album jacket cover has a white background with [VOLUME ONE] in black followed by large pink and purple text reading [THE BEST OF / MOMS / AND / PIGMEAT]. At left is a rectangular color photograph of Mabley wearing a striped dress and speaking into a microphone. At bottom right is a square color photograph of Pigmeat Markham in a brown hat, pointing at his proper left temple with his left index finger. At top right is [CHESS 1487]. The back of the jacket is white with printed black text repeating the title at the top.
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Catalog reference: 2015.157.29
