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retouching across recto in grey paint; crop marks along perimeter in grey paint and black ink; by unknown hand, upper right in black ink: 604; on verso, upper left stamped in purple ink: RECEIVED / [clock] / JAN 31 1941 PM; upper left stamped in blue ink: FEB 3 1941 E; upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: BAZ-902-BS; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: 346-84; upper center stamped in black ink: LOUIS-BURMAN FIGHT XXX 1941; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: [illegible] / E.S. Sports / 1st. Ed.; center in graphite circled: 5 15/16; across bottom printed in applied photo paper inverted: (NY31)NEW YORK, JAN. 31--JOE'S JOB DONE--JOE LOUIS, HIS JOB FINISHED FOR / THE NIGHT, WALKED AWAY FROM UNCONSCIOUS RED BURMAN (BACKGROUND) AFTER HE / DRAPED THE CHALLENGER OVER THE BOTTOM RING ROPE IN THE FIFTH ROUND OF / THEIR TITLE FIGHT HERE TONIGHT. ABOUT 13,000 SAW LOUIS DEFEND HIS / CROWN FOR THE 13TH TIME. (AP WIREPHOTO) (HB70012LJ)41

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

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