Record Album, "First Men on the Moon," 1969

Summary

Scholastic Magazines, Inc., a well-respected educational publisher founded in the 1920s, produced this documentary record commemorating the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing. The album uses narration and excerpts from official NASA transcripts to recreate this significant event. The Scholastic company also produced a poster with space imagery and the album's text on the back so young readers could follow along.

Artifact

Phonograph record

Date Made

1969

Subject Date

1969

Creators

Simon, Tony

Keith, Larry

Mack, Robert

Scholastic Magazines, inc.

Keywords

United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Phonograph records

Space flight to the moon

Astronauts

Pehoski, Patrick, 1957-

Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.2.30

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Charles H. Brown and Patrick Pehoski.

Material

Vinyl
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black (Color)
Orange (Color)

Dimensions

Height: .063 in

Diameter: 6.875 in

Inscriptions

on front: Side 1 / FIRST MEN ON THE MOON / Apollo 11 ... July 20, 1969 / Playing Time: 6:03 CC 0634A / 33 1/3 RPM / Produced by Robert Mack / Narrated by Larry Keith / Written and edited by Tony Simon / 1969 Scholastic Magazines, Inc. / Broadcasting and copying of this record prohibited without permission. / X4LM-1525 on back: Side 2 / FIRST MEN ON THE MOON / Apollo 11 ... July 20, 1969 / Playing Time: 6:17 CC 0634B / 33 1/3 RPM / Produced by Robert Mack / Narrated by Larry Keith / Written and edited by Tony Simon / 1969 Scholastic Magazines, Inc. / 50 West 44th Street, N.Y.C. 10036 / X4LM-1526