<i>DownBeat</i> Magazine Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1953
name: label: presenter
content: Down Beat Magazine
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by <i>DownBeat</i> magazine in 1953. It is a rectangular wooden plaque with a cast metal musical note and an engraved metal plate. The musical note is cast: </p>
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content: <p>1953<br>DOWN BEAT<br>AWARD</p>
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content: <p>(and the metal plate is engraved):</p>
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content: <p>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>FEMALE SINGER<br>FIRST PLACE</p>
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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: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.089
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.089
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 6 1/4 in x 1 1/16 in; 25.4 cm x 15.875 cm x 2.69875 cm