Plaster Cast of Jack Dempsey's Fist
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Dempsey, Jack
label: maker
content: Jacobs, Walter J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bronzed plaster cast of Jack Dempsey's fist. This was made by Dr. Walter H. Jacobs, a boxing enthusiast and dentist that made mouth guards for boxers. He made the mold of Jack Dempsey's fist at Dempsey's restaurant at 50th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City, in 1950. It was made of impresssion material used in dentistry. He made the life mold and then cast and bronzed it.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Walter H. Jacobs, D.D.S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0159.02
label: accession number
content: 1987.0159
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0159.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cast, fist
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: painted (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 in x 4 in; 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm