<i>DownBeat</i> Magazine Hall of Fame Plaque, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1956
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by <i>DownBeat</i> magazine in 1956. It is a wooden plaque with and engraved metal plate, two branches on the sides of the plate, and two branches joined by a bow below the plate. The plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TO<br>DUKE ELLINGTON<br>NAMED<br>FIFTH MEMBER OF THE<br>MUSIC HALL OF FAME<br>BY THE READERS OF DOWN BEAT<br>1956
label: Description
content: <p>American music magazine, <i>DownBeat</i>, was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. The publication is devoted to “jazz, blues and beyond.” <i>DownBeat</i> magazine publishes annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories and presents awards to its winners.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.343
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.343
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 18 in x 1 in; 29.845 cm x 45.72 cm x 2.54 cm