The Best of Moms Mabley

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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 Mabley.” The vinyl disc has a red paper label with printed black text and the Mercury Records logo in black and white. The album jacket cover has a large color photograph of Moms Mabley performing on stage in front of a seated crowd. Within a white text box in the center, the album title is printed in blue text [The Best Of Mom’s Mabley] and below is the track list printed in yellow text. In the space between the album title and track list is the inscription [19] in blue ink. The back of the album jacket is white with black printed text, with a message written by Bill Cosby within a black outline. To the left of the excerpt, written vertically in red marker is an inscription reading [MR. MENASTER].

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