Sujet
Advertisement for boxing match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, 1938. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Framed advertisement for a World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between the African-American Joe Louis (1914-1981) and the German Max Schmeling (1905-2005), heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. Louis won with a knockout in the first round. As a contest between representatives of the United States and Nazi Germany during the 1930s, the fight came to symbolise the struggle between democracy and Nazism. The advertisement is white with black and red type, with photographs of Louis and Schmeling. Type on the advertisement reads: [WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP / YANKEE STADIUM / WED. JUNE 22 / At 8:15/P.M. / Under the auspices of / 20th CENTURY SPORTING CLUB, Inc. / MIKE JACOBS, Promoter / 15 ROUNDS / JOE LOUIS / CHAMPION, vs. / MAX / SCHMELING / CHALLENGER / Other Star Heavyweight Bouts / JOE LOUIS / MAX SCHMELING / Reserved Seat Tickets / $30.00 - $20.00 - $16.50 - $11.50 - $7.75 - $5.75, Incl. Tax / ON SALE AT N. Y. HIPPODROME, 6th AVENUE & 43rd STREET, TEL. MU 2 - 6900]. The advertisement is housed in brown wood frame. The back of frame has wire for hanging.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM21A78_029
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
107,1Mo (3,9Mo) / 70,5cm x 38,1cm / 8326 x 4497 (300dpi)