Key To the City of San Francisco, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
Object Details
- presenter
- City of San Francisco
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Description
Key to the City of San Francisco, California. During her national tours, communities awarded jazz vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, a key to their city. It is a metal key with a maroon plush-lined cardboard box. The key is engraved:
SEAL OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
OF SAN FRANCISCO
PRESENTED
TO
ELLA FITZGERALD
JULY 24, 1987
[signature of Diane Fienstein]- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- presentation date
- 1987
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.049.17
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.049.17
- Object Name
- key
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- key: 7/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 23.8125 cm x 8.89 cm
- box: 1 3/4 in x 4 1/16 in x 9 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 10.31875 cm x 24.765 cm
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- 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_1190817
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-51d9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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