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[Ella Fitzgerald's American Express Company credit card]

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[Ella Fitzgerald's American Express Company credit card, expired October 1961.]
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Object Details

Collector

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

Names

American Express (New York) -- card issuer

Collection Creator

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

Collection Citation

Ella Fitzgerald Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Blue, purple, and white card.
sova.nmah.ac.0584_ref2801

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a2e830e1-1f35-4a5d-9d81-e520d933b156

Local Numbers

AC0584-0000057.tif (AC Scan No.)

Exhibitions Note

Included in Archives Center Jazz Appreciation Month display, April 1-May 31, 2010, "Jazz at the Philharmonic-Bringing Jazz to the World," curated by Wendy Shay.

Topic

Jazz musicians
African American singers -- 1950-1960
African American musicians

Collector

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

Culture

African Americans

See more items in

Ella Fitzgerald Papers
Ella Fitzgerald Papers / Series 9: Album Jackets and Personal Papers / 9.2: Personal Papers / Identification cards and passports

Extent

1 Item (unmounted, 2" x 3-1/2")

Date

[expired October 1961.]

Container

Box 61

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Credit cards

Collection Rights

The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Credit cards

Restrictions

Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Gloves required with unprotected photographs.
NMAH.AC.0584_ref2801
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a2e830e1-1f35-4a5d-9d81-e520d933b156
NMAH.AC.0584
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1560535212842-1560535213169-1

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