Black and white photograph of George Foreman
date: label: Date
content: October 1974
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: George Foreman, American, born 1949
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of George Foreman greeting fans before “The Rumble in the Jungle” bout with Muhammad Ali in Zaire. Foreman is depicted near the center of the image, turned in ¾ profile with his fists raised in the air. He is wearing a jacket unbuttoned to show his bare chest. There is a man in a short-sleeve white shirt and a wristband on Foreman’s proper right side with his arms also raised in the air, along with several other individuals in the foreground. In the background is a large stadium crowd, standing and cheering. Flags and umbrellas are also visible in the crowd.
label: Description
content: The print has a white border around the image. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.104.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 7 × 9 1/8 in. (17.8 × 23.2 cm)