Children's Phonographs and Popular Culture Characters BOZO "THE CAPITOL CLOWN"   Bozo, "The Capitol Clown," Phonograph, Herold Radio and Television Mfg. Corp., Mount Vernon, N.Y., Model BA-11, 1954   Bozo "The Capitol Clown" Phonograph, Capitol Records, Inc., Steelman Phonograph & Radio Co. (FP0165) The earliest version of the Bozo character phonographs features a 5.75" x 3.75" semi-transparent Bozo front plaque (color reverse litho on raised celluloid-like plastic). The plaque reads BOZO 'THE CAPITOL CLOWN' and includes the Capitol Records logo. The semi-transparent plaque lights up from behind when the power switch is turned on.   Bozo, "The Capitol Clown," Phonograph, Herold Radio and Television Mfg. Corp., Mount Vernon, N.Y., Model BA-10, c. 1954   Bozo, the Capitol Clown, Phonograph, Herold Radio and Television Mfg. Corp., Mount Vernon, N.Y., Model BA-20, c. 1954   Bozo BE-21 Phonograph, Toys and Novelties, March, 1954   Bozo Approved Record Albums magazine ad, c. 1953 "A Friend of Bozo is a Friend of Mine"   Bozo at the Circus for Capitol Records and released in October 1946 was the first Bozo record album in the Bozo series of illustrated read-along books. See and hear the full color pictures timed with the 78 rpm records by visiting Bozo at the Circus.     BOZO's Talking Book Story played by a FINGER-POWERED PHONOGRAPH Bozo and His ABC Zoo, Dial a Story, Sonic Educational Products, 1982 (FP0537)   Sonic Education Products issued more than a dozen Dial a Story "talking books" in 1966 which were records played on a finger-powered phonograph. Titles included Mother Goose Favorites, The Little Red Hen, Little Red Riding Hood, The Night Before Christmas, Tommy and His Drum, Sylvester, the Little Duck Who Lost His Quack, and others. (Picture News, April 1966, p. 117.)       Phonographia