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Photographic postcard with photos of Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries

1910

Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, United States, North and Central America

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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 photographic postcard commemorating the "Fight of the Century" between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries. The boxers are pictured separately but facing each other. Each man's name is written below his feet.

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Catalog reference: 2010.36.1.4

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