NAACP Merit Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1960
name: label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
label: presenter
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), in 1960. It is a gold-tone metal cup with a flared base and two handles, on a medium-brown stained wood base, with an engraved metal plate. The plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MERIT AWARD<br>TO<br>Ella<br>Fitzgerald<br>PRESENTED BY<br>SPECIAL ACTIVITIES<br>COMMITTEE<br>L.A. BRANCH<br>NAACP<br>NOV.27, 1960</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: 1996.0342.040
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.040
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: 9 1/4 in x 7 1/16 in x 4 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 17.93875 cm x 11.43 cm