Object Details
- presenter
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Description
This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), in 1984. It is a cast metal male figure holding a world globe on a black painted round wood base, with an engraved metal band. The band is engraved:
17th Annual NAACP Image Awards
1984
THE HALL OF FAME AWARD
ELLA FITZGERALDThe NAACP Image Award, created by the NAACP Hollywood Branch in 1967, is an annual awards ceremony to honor outstanding performances in film, television, music, and literature. The Image Award recognizes achievement in over 40 categories that are voted on by the award organization's members. The NAACP Image Award also bestows Honorary awards such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, the Entertainer of the Year, and the Hall of Fame Award.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- presentation date
- 1984
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.057
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.057
- Object Name
- award
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/4 in x 8 1/8 in; 34.925 cm x 20.6375 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Awards and Prizes
- Record ID
- nmah_1190825
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-4512-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
