Plaque awarded to Dizzy Gillespie
date: label: Date
content: 1974
name: label: Issued by
content: DownBeat Magazine, established 1934
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: An award plaque issued to Dizzy Gillespie by Downbeat Magazine. Wooden plaque with metal (silver) center plaque with [down / beat] logo in top left corner, with [WEATHER / REPORT] in top right corner, and [1974 / JAZZ CRITICS / POLL] on left, and [DIZZY GILLESPIE / TRUMPET] on right, with a black-and-white depiction of Dizzy Gillespie in profile, carrying a trumpet with upturned bell in his proper left hand and his proper right hand raised in the air. The reverse is backed in green felt and has two centered holes (top and left) for hanging.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.3.15
objectType: label: Type
content: plaques
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, metal, felt, adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: 14 1/4 × 12 1/8 × 9/16 in. (36.2 × 30.8 × 1.4 cm)