Citizens of Washington D.C. Appreciation Plaque, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1968
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by the Citizens of Washington, D.C. in 1968. It is a black stained wooden plaque with a photograph of Duke Ellington, an engraved metal plate, two laurels, and two music lyre medallions. The metal plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION<br>PRESENTED TO<br>EDWARD K. (DUKE) ELLINGTON<br> ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF HIS HOMETOWN<br>WASHINGTON, D. C.<br>IN RECOGNITION OF HIS INUQUE AND LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC,<br>ENRICHMENT OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE HONOR AND<br>DISTINCTION HE HAS BROUGHT TO THE NATION’S CAPITAL<br>DISTRICT BUILDING<br>WALTER E. WASHINGTON<br>MAYOR<br>MORRIS BISKER<br>GEN. MGR. SCHLITZ<br>NOVEMBER 9, 1968</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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: 1989.0369.309
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.309
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: 12 in x 15 in x 1 in; 30.48 cm x 38.1 cm x 2.54 cm