Uncut Boxing strip cards (W580)

ca.1925–31

Not on view

Ten intact cards from the Boxing strip card series (W580). Unnumbered cards printed side by side in groups of 10. Part of a larger set which includes movie stars, boxers and other athletes. Full-length action-posed boxer. Back is blank.
This strip contains (from left to right): Leach Cross, Lightweight; Packey McFarland, Lightweight; Sailor Freedman, Lightweight; Jack Dempsey, Heavyweight; Peter Maher, Heavyweight; Benny Leonard, Lightweight; Terry McGovern, Featherweight; John L. Sullivan, Heavyweight; Frank Moran, Heavyweight, Floyd Johnson, Heavyweight.

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Title: Uncut Boxing strip cards (W580)
Date: ca.1925–31
Medium: Commercial photolithographs
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (6.4 × 34.3 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: 63.350.536.580.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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