1349242 Joe Louis Type 1 Photos And Boxing Match Program
Joe Louis Type 1 Photos And Boxing Match Program
Joe Louis Type 1 Photos And Boxing Match Program

Joe Louis Type 1 Photos And Boxing Match Program

1948. This lot includes an original program for the 1948 fight between Joe Louis and Pat Comiskey, as well as four type 1 photographs of Joe Louis alongisde Abe Greene (New Jersey State Boxing Commissioner from 1937 to 1953). The program is for a fight that took place at the Paterson Armory in Paterson, New Jersey on December 16, 1948. Features details on the night’s events, articles, and numerous vintage ads. Paterson, 1948. Slim quarto, 23 pages. In very good condition. Uneven age-toning to the front and back covers. The four photos are all 8” x 10” type 1 photographs and date from between 1943 and 1949. Photo #1: Shows Louis seated at the head of a table alongside Greene and seven others, taken between 1943 and 1945. Greene has noted the names of Louis and three others in ink on the image. He has also noted near the center of the photograph “During the / War - Diamond Gloves”. In good+ condition. Some fading to the image near bottom and center, ink emendations on image, uneven age-toning, and slight curling to the photograph; Photo #2: Shows Abe Greene shaking hands with Joe Louis at the Diamond Gloves Tournament in August, 1947. Greene has written on the image, in ink: “at Diamond Gloves / 1947”. In very good- condition. Minor warping at the top edge of the image, light age-toning to the margins; Photo #3: Photo of Louis at the Brith Sholom Sports Award Ceremony in Philadelphia, dated “10/5/1949”. Louis, by then retired, was awarded the “National Sports Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to American youth.” In very good condition. Minor wear to corners, faint creases at the top and bottom left corner, and three faint scratches to image in the bottom right quadrant. Verso has notations in black ink and chalk; Photo #4: Undated photo of Louis and Greene, probably late 1940s. In very good condition. Slight curling to photo at left and right edges. K21104 Shelved Off Sales Floor Room A {S's Office}. CX Consignment.

1349242

FP New Rockville Stock

Price: $175