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Jack Johnson portrait collection

Title
Jack Johnson portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1900?-1981?>

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Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Johnson, JackSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Additional Authors
  • Bryant.
  • Morris, H. H.
  • International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
  • Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
  • Underwood & Underwood.
  • Studio Piaz (Paris)
  • United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  • <10> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
  • <13> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • <3> photographic postcards : b&w ;
  • <6> photomechanical prints : b&w ;
  • <1> photoprint : b&w ;
Summary
Portraits of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Jackson. Collection includes numerous views of Johnson in boxing attire and boxing with a variety of opponents, such as, Joe Jeanette, Jess Willard, Jim Jeffries, Tommy Burns, and Sam McVey in the ring; other images include Johnson and a group of men outside the jail in Galveston, Tex.; with his trainers and sparring partners; shadow boxing with Marty Culter; couching Abe Simon, with one of his wives in Europe; and a wedding photo with another wife. Full, half and quarter length images are included.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits – 1900-1949.
  • Portrait photographs – 1900-1949.
  • Photomechanical prints – 1900-1949.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1900-1989.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger
  • Photographers include H.H. Morris, Rapid News Photo and others.
  • Some photographs have captions; some are duplicates; some prints are double-sided; some photographs are cropped; some bear airbrush marks; some photographs have written descriptive information.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Johnson, Jack
OCLC
NYPG085000567-F
Title
Jack Johnson portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1900?-1981?>
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Bryant. Photographer
Morris, H. H. Photographer
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
Rapid News Photo (New York, N.Y.)
Underwood & Underwood.
Studio Piaz (Paris)
United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Johnson, Jack
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