Philadelphia Citizens Plaque, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1965
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by the Philadelphia Citizens Selection Committee in 1965. It is a rectangular-shaped wooden plaque with an engraved metal plate, a wooden trapezoidal-shaped column with musical notes on top, and two metal laurel leaves on the sides of the plaque. The plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>PRESENTED TO<br>EDWARD KENNEDY ELLINGTON<br>COMPOSER PAR EXCELLENCE<br>FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION<br>TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC<br>PHILADELPHIA CITIZENS<br>SELECTION COMMITTEE<br>JULY 9, 1965</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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: 1989.0369.301
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.301
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: 11 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 1 in; 29.21 cm x 39.37 cm x 2.54 cm