Key to the City Hall of New York, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
name: label: presenter
content: City of New York
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
label: manufacturer
content: Balfour and Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Key to the City Hall of New York. During her national tours, communities awarded jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, a key to their city. It is a metal key in a brown velvet covered metal box in an original carboard container. The key is cast:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MAYOR DAVID N. DINKINS</p>
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content: <p>There is an engraved brass plate on the box lid:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>FACSIMILE OF KEY<br>MADE IN 1812<br>FOR THE DOOR OF<br>CITY HALL, NEW YORK</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
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: 1996.0342.049.14
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.049.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: key
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.5 cm x 15.2 cm x .5 cm; 2 9/16 in x 6 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: key: 5/16 in x 6 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; .79375 cm x 15.5575 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 1 1/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 16.8275 cm x 8.5725 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/2 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 11/16 in; 3.81 cm x 17.4625 cm x 9.36625 cm