DownBeat Magazine Award, presented to Willie Smith: Museum Object and Cultural History
DownBeat Magazine Award, presented to Willie Smith: presentation date: 1946. recipient: Smith, Willie. presenter: Down Beat Magazine.
The object in the museum catalogue
This plaque was presented to Willie Smith by DownBeat magazine in 1946. It is a wooden plaque with a gold-tone metal musical note and an engraved metal plate. The musical note is cast:
American music magazine, DownBeat, was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. The publication is devoted to “jazz, blues and beyond.” DownBeat magazine publishes annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories and presents awards to its winners.
Materials, dates and provenance
- presentation date: 1946
- recipient: Smith, Willie
- presenter: Down Beat Magazine
- Object Name: plaque
- Measurements: overall: 10 in x 6 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 16.51 cm x 3.175 cm
- place made: United States
- Subject: Awards and Prizes
- ID Number: 1990.0087.13
- accession number: 1990.0087
- catalog number: 1990.0087.13
- Credit Line: Gift of Fischella Smith
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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