Sujet

Photographic postcard with photos of Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries, 1910. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fight of the Century between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries in Reno, Nevada. The boxers are pictured separately but facing each other. Each man's name is written below his feet. Jeffries is perhaps most famous for being United States "Great White Hope", since the nation expected him to come out of his retirement to beat the African-American boxer Jack Johnson. Johnson, the first Black American world heavyweight boxing champion, won the match and and retained the title.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_108

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

95,8Mo (2,6Mo) / 60,4cm x 39,8cm / 7128 x 4697 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black male sport sports man men education country guy museum boxer fight boxing location century sportsmen sportsman African American African-American B&W afro-american pugilist United States of America Smithsonian Institution black & white black and white B W Educational Institution 1910s 20th century boxing match heritage American America USA scientific institution photograph postcard united states Unknown Jack Jim Johnson Jeffries John Arthur Jack Johnson James J Jeffries James Jeffries James J World Heavyweight Championship cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC photographic postcards John Arthur Johnson James J. Jeffries James J. Jim Jeffries silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper and card stock with adhesive