Object Details
- Description
This plaque was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by DownBeat magazine in 1959. It is shield-shaped wooden plaque with a metal plate. The plate is engraved:
ELLA FITZGERALD
FEMALE SINGER
JAZZ CRITICS POLL
DOWN BEAT
1959American music magazine, DownBeat, was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. The publication is devoted to “jazz, blues and beyond.” DownBeat magazine publishes annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories and presents awards to its winners.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- presenter
- Down Beat Magazine
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- presentation date
- 1959
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 17.145 cm x 1.905 cm
- Object Name
- award
