Boxing headgear worn by Joe Louis
date: label: Date
content: 1934-1951
name: label: Created by
content: Everlast Worldwide, Inc., founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Joe Louis, American, 1914 - 1981
notes: label: Description
content: Boxing headgear manufactured by Everlast. Headgear is flaking brown leather with padding and metal chin buckle. At forehead is a fabric label stitched onto the leather reading [SPORTING GOODS / MFG CO. / EVERLAST / TRADE MARK REG / NEW YORK]. Back of headgear is laced up with string. The top of the headgear is composed of a cross of olive drab fabric. At fabric intersection is a leather square with handwritten [K-11] in black ink.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Candice and George Joseph, the Family of Joe Louis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.16.3
objectType: label: Type
content: headgear
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather , padding (material) , metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Flat off form): 4 5/16 × 9 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (11 × 23.5 × 22 cm)