Ebony Magazine Lifetime Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald

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Object Details

presenter

Ebony Magazine

recipient

Fitzgerald, Ella

Description

This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by Ebony magazine in 1982. It is made of lucite in a geometric hour-glass shape with a circle of three embossed silhouettes of heads and a metal plate at the base. The plate is engraved:

EBONY
LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD
Presented To
ELLA FITZGERALD
1982

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)

presentation date

1982

ID Number

1996.0342.078

accession number

1996.0342

catalog number

1996.0342.078

Object Name

award

Measurements

overall: 11 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 in; 28.8925 cm x 9.525 cm x 5.08 cm

place made

United States

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Music & Musical Instruments

Popular Entertainment

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Awards and Prizes

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0b6a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1190843