Billboard Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1965
name: label: presenter
content: Billboard Magazine
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by <i>Billboard</i> magazine in 1965. It is a two-piece abstract wooden base with a silver-tone oil lamp, a metal medallion, and a metal plate at the base. The metal medallion is printed: </p>
label: Description
content: <p>Billboard Award<br>FOR<br>OUTSTANDING ACHEIVEMENT</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and the metal plate is engraved):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>Voted by American College Students<br>FAVORITE FEMALE VOCALIST – JAZZ<br>Annual Billboard College Campus Record Artist Popularity Poll<br>1965</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: 1996.0342.069
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.069
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 7 3/4 in x 5 7/16 in; 30.48 cm x 19.685 cm x 13.81125 cm