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Recorded by:
Bill Cosby, American, born 1937  Search this
Published by:
Warner Bros. Records, Inc., American, founded 1958  Search this
Medium:
vinyl, ink on paper
Dimensions:
Diameter (vinyl disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
H x W x D (cardboard sleeve): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 1/8 in. (31.4 × 31.4 × 0.3 cm)
H x W (paper sleeve): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.3 × 31.3 cm)
Type:
record covers
long-playing records
Date:
1964
Description:
A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled I Started Out As a Child recorded by Bill Cosby. The front of the record sleeve features a color photograph of Bill Cosby smiling and looking in to the camera. Cosby is wearing a black suit jacket, red plaid dress shirt, and black tie. The front cover has red and black text, which reads: “STEREO / WARNER BROS. / RECORDS / 1567 / “i / started / out / as a / child” / bill / cosby.” The reverse side of record sleeve features four different black and white photographs of Cosby, as well as a track list and review. The album includes a paper sleeve.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Amusements  Search this
Comedy  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2013.101.9abc
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition:
Taking the Stage
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d0f9c580-b728-4959-b5af-dbe2d2ba45b8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.101.9abc