Object Details
- Description
This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the Eye Research Institute at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1989. It is a glass plate with a stylized Egyptian eye mounted on a glass base. The base is etched:
ELLA FITZGERALD
WOMAN OF VISION AWARD
presented by
EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
MAY 24, 1989- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- presenter
- Schepens Eye Research Institute
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- presentation date
- 1989
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 6 in x 5 15/16 in; 26.67 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.08125 cm
- Object Name
- award
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