Jimmy Lunceford Memorial Award, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1947
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
label: referenced
content: Lunceford, Jimmie
label: referenced
content: Basie, Count
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trophy was presented to Duke Ellington by the Pittsburgh Courier in 1948. It is comprised of four columns supporting a half-sphere with four spread eagles and topper with a lyre and eagle ornament. There is a statue of liberty in the middle of the four columns on a stepped wooden base with four corner columns and an engraved metal plate. The half-sphere is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>JIMMY LUNCEFORD<br>MEMORIAL<br>AWARD</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and the metal plate on the base is engraved):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>PITTSBURGH COURIER BAND CONTEST<br>1947-48<br>WINNER<br>DUKE ELLINGTON<br>Presented By<br>COUNT BASIE</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.106
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 15 in x 15 in; 91.44 cm x 38.1 cm x 38.1 cm