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The Best of Moms and Pigmeat—Volume 1

1964

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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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

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