Inscription
on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 716A / AF098; upper center, United Press copyright stamp in black ink inverted; lower center printed in purple ink on applied paper: HXP 1060963...JUNE 29 1954......NEW YORK BUREAU / REMEMBERING WHEN / CHICAGO: FORMER OLYMPIC TRACK STAR JESSE OWENS [underlined] / LOOKS AT A PHOTO OF HIMSELF COMPETING IN THE / 100-YARD DASH AT THE DUAL MEET IN 1935. JESSE, / WHO'S TIME FOR THE DISTANCE IS 9.4, NOW RUNS A / DRY CLEANING BUSINESS IN CHICAGO. IN ADDITION, / HE SERVES AS SECRETARY OF THE ILLINOIS STATE / ATHLETIC COMMISSION AND TEACHES A SWIMMING / CLASS AT A LOCAL BOYS' CLUB. / NX-1 MGS / CREDIT (UNITED PRESS PHOTO) 6/328/54 (LB) / EDITORS: SEE ALSO UNITED PRESS PHOTOS / HXP 1060964-62.
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
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