Billboard Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald: Museum Object and Cultural History
Billboard Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald: presentation date: 1965. presenter: Billboard Magazine. recipient: Fitzgerald, Ella.
The object in the museum catalogue
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:
ELLA FITZGERALD Voted by American College Students FAVORITE FEMALE VOCALIST – JAZZ Annual Billboard College Campus Record Artist Popularity Poll 1965
Materials, dates and provenance
- presentation date: 1965
- presenter: Billboard Magazine
- recipient: Fitzgerald, Ella
- Object Name: award
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: 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
- Subject: Awards and Prizes
- ID Number: 1996.0342.069
- accession number: 1996.0342
- catalog number: 1996.0342.069
- Credit Line: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
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