Peabody Award presented to Imogene Coca
date: label: date made
content: 1953
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: George Foster Peabody Award medal presented to Imogene Coca in 1953. The award is a medal stamped with a side profile portrait of George Foster Peabody and the text "GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY/LOVER OF MEN". The verso is stamped with the seal of the University of Georgia, the text "AWARDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOR CONSPICUOUS SERVICE IN TELEVISION", and Coca's name.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Peabody award was established in 1940 by a committee of the National Association of Broadcasters to honor excellence in radio broadcasting, and expanded to include television work in 1948. The award was named for Peabody, a businessman and philanthropist, as he donated the funds to endow the award, and it is administered by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism. Coca won the award for her work in television comedy, including her costarring role on the variety program Your Show of Shows alongside Sid Caesar.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Comedians
label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mark Basile
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0102.06
label: accession number
content: 2019.0102
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0102.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (medal material)
label: Physical Description
content: stamped (medal production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard; leather; velvet (case material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 3 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 9.8425 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: medal: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm