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Photographic print of boxer Ezzard Charles

February 1950

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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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 Ezzard Charles punching a heavy bag. He wears boxing gloves and a padded shirt with light colored sweatpants. The wall and the floor surrounding him are bare. The back of the photograph has two barcode stickers and a yellow circle sticker at center.

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Catalog reference: 2014.302.32

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