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Uncut Wrestling strip cards (W580)

ca.1925–31
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Ten intact cards from the Wrestling strip card series (W580). Unnumbered cards printed side by side in groups of 10. Full-length action-posed wrestler. Back is blank. This strip contains (from left to right): George Calza, Heavyweight Wrestler; Strangler Lewis, Heavyweight Wrestler; Pat McGill, Irish Wrestling Champion; Joe Stecher, Wrestling Champ.; Ivan Zaikin, Heavyweight Russian Wrestler; Earl Caddock, Heavyweight Wrestler; Wladek Zbyszko, Heavyweight Wrestler; Nat Pendleton, Heavyweight Wrestler; Renato Gardini, Italian Champ. Wrestler; Jack Johnson, Ex-Champion Heavyweight.

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Object Information
  • Title: Uncut Wrestling strip cards (W580)
  • Date: ca.1925–31
  • Medium: Commercial photolithographs
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 13 5/8 in. (6.9 × 34.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
  • Object Number: 63.350.536.580.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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