<i>DownBeat</i> Magazine Award, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1959
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
label: presenter
content: Down Beat Magazine
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by <i>DownBeat</i> magazine in 1959. It is a shield-shaped wooden plaque with a black and gold engraved metal plate. The metal plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>DUKE ELLINGTON<br>BIG BAND<br>JAZZ CRITICS POLL<br>DOWN BEAT<br>1959</p>
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
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.090
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.090
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
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: 7 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in x 1 in; 19.05 cm x 17.145 cm x 2.54 cm