Key to the City Hall of New York, presented to Ella Fitzgerald

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Object Details

presenter

City of New York

recipient

Fitzgerald, Ella

manufacturer

Balfour and Co.

Description

Key to the City Hall of New York. During her national tours, communities awarded jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, a key to their city. It is a metal key in a brown velvet covered metal box in an original carboard container. The key is cast:

MAYOR DAVID N. DINKINS

There is an engraved brass plate on the box lid:

FACSIMILE OF KEY
MADE IN 1812
FOR THE DOOR OF
CITY HALL, NEW YORK

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)

ID Number

1996.0342.049.14

accession number

1996.0342

catalog number

1996.0342.049.14

Object Name

key

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

fabric (overall material)

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 6.5 cm x 15.2 cm x .5 cm; 2 9/16 in x 6 in x 3/16 in

key: 5/16 in x 6 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; .79375 cm x 15.5575 cm x 6.35 cm

case: 1 1/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 16.8275 cm x 8.5725 cm

box: 1 1/2 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 11/16 in; 3.81 cm x 17.4625 cm x 9.36625 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/ng49ca746aa-51d7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1190814