WNEW Radio Station Plaque, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
name: label: presenter
content: WNEW-Radio
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by WNEW Radio Station. It is an etched glass beveled rectangular plaque. The plaque is etched: </p>
label: Description
content: <p>THE ORIGINAL<br>MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM<br>HALL OF FAME<br>AM 1130<br>WNEW<br><br>NEW YORK<br>PRESENTED TO<br>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>FOR YOUR LASTING CONTRIBUTION<br>TO AMERICA’S POPULAR MUSIC</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Disc Jockey Martin Block of New York radio station WNEW (1130 AM) created a show called <i>Make Believe Ballroom</i> in 1935, which played recordings from popular bands and singers, imagined as a live performance in a fictional ballroom. The program ended its run in 1992.</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: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.063
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 5 in x 6 15/16 in; .3175 cm x 12.7 cm x 17.62125 cm