Photograph of Jack Oakie and Jesse Owens

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Jesse Owens and Jack Oakie. Owens, depicted on the left, standing in profile looking towards Oakie. Owens is wearing a light colored suit. Oakie, depicted on the right, is leaning forward holding a watering can in his proper right hand above Owen’s shoes, as if watering them. He is looking up towards Owens with a comical expression on his face. Oakie is wearing a black tuxedo, a black bow tie, and a white flower in his proper left lapel. They are posing on a sidewalk in front of a large wooden door. Mounted on the door behind them is a partially obscured sign that reads, [[WARNI]NG / [---?] OPEN DOOR / [I]F RED LIGHT / [---?] [B]URNING]. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is centered black text that reads, [Copr. 1935, Paramount Productions, Inc. Permission granted for Newspaper and Magazine reproductions.

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