American Guild of Variety Artists Award, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1972
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
label: presenter
content: American Guild of Variety Artists
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Duke Ellington from the American Guild of Variety Artists in 1972. It is a rectangular wooden base with an engraved metal plate and a gold-tone figure of a man with left arm up and holding a stick. The metal plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS<br>3RD ANNUAL<br>ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AWARD<br>DUKE ELLINGTON<br>GOLDEN AWARD<br>1972</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an American entertainment union founded in 1939 in New York City, New York. The union represents performers in variety entertainment, including circuses, cabarets, comedy acts, dance revues, magic shows, theme park shows, and arena and auditorium spectaculars. The AGVA Entertainer of the Year Award, also known as the “Georgie Award” (after George M. Cohen), was first presented in 1970.</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: 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: 1989.0369.119
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 6 in x 6 1/16 in; 34.925 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.39875 cm