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Esquire Magazine Award, presented to Willie Smith.

Catalog Data

Recipient:
Smith, Willie  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 16 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 40.64 cm x 13.97 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
award
Place made:
United States
Presentation date:
1944
Description (Brief):
<p>This award was presented to Willie Smith from <i>Esquire</i> magazine in 1944. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, <i>Esquire</i> magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:</p>
<p>AWARDED TO<br>Willie Smith<br>ARMED FORCES FAVORITE<br>ALTO SAXOPHONE - 2ND TEAM<br>ESQUIRE'S ALL-AMERICAN BAND<br>1944</p>
<p><i>Esquire</i> is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by <i>Esquire’s</i> board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.</p>
<p>The “Esky” mascot created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).</p>
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Fischella Smith
ID Number:
1990.0087.09
Accession number:
1990.0087
Catalog number:
1990.0087.09
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Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
Music & Musical Instruments
Jazz
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-6145-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_609373