Encyclopedia Britannica Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1980
name: label: presenter
content: Encyclopedia Britannica
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by Encyclopedia Britannica in 1980. It is two cast medallions in a simulated black leather presentation box, embossed with a thistle. The medallion on the right is cast:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA<br>[thistle]<br>ACHIEVEMENT IN LIFE AWARD</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and the medallion on the left is cast):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ELLA<br>FITZGERALD<br>FOR<br>ACHIEVEMENT<br>IN THE<br>PERFORMING<br>ARTS<br>1980</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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: 1996.0342.081
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 4 3/16 in x 5 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.63625 cm x 12.7 cm