Note accompanying boxing gloves worn by Gene Tunney in the "Long Count Fight"
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A note accompanying the glove reads: "(The Biltmore, New York) Dear Bernard, Please accept these gloves as a token of our friendship. You aided in making them the most distinguished gloves in pugilism's history. Gratefully, Gene" "October first."Pair of reddish brown, leather boxing gloves worn by Gene Tunney in the "Long Count Fight.". There is a small metal plaque which reads: "Gloves worn by Gene Tunney, Heavyweight Championship contest, Chicago, Illinois, September 22, 1927; Presented to Bernard F. Gimbel by Gene Tunney in appreciation."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0070.01.1
label: accession number
content: 2011.0070
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0070.01.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter. boxing
label: Object Name
content: note, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)