Joe Louis - Billy Conn Fight in New York

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Joe Louis - Billy Conn Fight in New York
Joe Louis - Billy Conn Fight in New York
Artist/Maker (American, 1903 – 1990)
DateJune 21, 1946
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 6 in. (20.6 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 in. (20.6 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of William E. Williams, Class of 1973, in honor of the Class of 1973
Object number2019.5.2
Not on view
Description"Heavyweight champion Joe Louis bores in at full speed as challenger Billy Conn fails to back up in time to get out of range in an early round of their heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium. Joe ended the heavyweight title scrap with a very emphatic K.O. of Billy in the Eighth round. Billy puts up a flurry of gloves here [trying to?] fend off the champ.

Additional Details

Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of William E. Williams.
Markings Stamps: "KEYSTONE / PRESS AGENCY, INC. / 170 FIFTH AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 / WA 4-8123" on verso at lower left in red ink; "KEYSTONE PRESS AGENCY LTD. / BATH HOUSE / 52-62 HOLBORN VIADUCT / LONDON EC1A 2FE / 01-286 3331 (4 LINES)" on verso at lower right in blue ink.

Label: white adhesive label on verso with "JOE LOUIS - BILLY CONN FIGHT IN NEW YORK / THE CHAMP CRO DS HIS MAN. 21-6-26 / Heavyweight champion Joe Louis bores in / at full speed as challenger Billy Conn fails to / back up in time to get out of range in an early / round of their heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium. / Joe ended the heavyweight title scrap with a very / emphatic K.O. of Billy in the Eighth round. Billy / puts up a flurry of gloves here [trying to?] fend off / the champ. / 4/JSS KEYSTONE [illegible]" typewritten in purple ink on verso at center.
Inscribed "pg 35 / 125%" on verso on label at center in orange pencil; "DONE" on verso parallel to right edge in black marker.
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