Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled
1946-1948
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of a young boy wearing boxing shorts and gloves training with a speed ball style punching bag in the interior of a gym. The boy looks up to where the bag is mounted from the ceiling, with both arms raised. The bag is blurred as it swings in motion. Behind the boy, the wall of the gym are covered in boxing posters.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2009.24.24
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