Billboard Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald

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Object Details

presenter

Billboard Magazine

recipient

Fitzgerald, Ella

Description

This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by Billboard magazine in 1965. It is a two-piece abstract wooden base with a silver-tone oil lamp, a metal medallion, and a metal plate at the base. The metal medallion is printed:

Billboard Award
FOR
OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT

(and the metal plate is engraved):

ELLA FITZGERALD
Voted by American College Students
FAVORITE FEMALE VOCALIST – JAZZ
Annual Billboard College Campus Record Artist Popularity Poll
1965

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)

presentation date

1965

ID Number

1996.0342.069

accession number

1996.0342

catalog number

1996.0342.069

Object Name

award

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

plastic (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 12 in x 7 3/4 in x 5 7/16 in; 30.48 cm x 19.685 cm x 13.81125 cm

place made

United States

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Music & Musical Instruments

Popular Entertainment

Jazz

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Awards and Prizes

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-080a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1190834