NAACP Merit Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald: Museum Object and Cultural History
NAACP Merit Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald: presentation date: 1960. recipient: Fitzgerald, Ella. presenter: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The object in the museum catalogue
This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), in 1960. It is a gold-tone metal cup with a flared base and two handles, on a medium-brown stained wood base, with an engraved metal plate. The plate is engraved:
MERIT AWARD TO Ella Fitzgerald PRESENTED BY SPECIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE L.A. BRANCH NAACP NOV.27, 1960
Materials, dates and provenance
- presentation date: 1960
- recipient: Fitzgerald, Ella
- presenter: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Object Name: award
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 9 1/4 in x 7 1/16 in x 4 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 17.93875 cm x 11.43 cm
- place made: United States
- Subject: Awards and Prizes
- ID Number: 1996.0342.040
- accession number: 1996.0342
- catalog number: 1996.0342.040
- Credit Line: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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