Big Fight at Goldfield Nevada, 1906 (Nelson vs. Gans)
date: label: Date made
content: 1906
notes: label: Description
content: Postcard commemorating the “Big Fight at Goldfield Nevada”. On September 3, 1906, lightweight boxers Oscar Nelson and Joe Gans fought an epic 42 round battle in the remote mining town of Goldfield, drawing over 6,000 spectators and helping to establish Nevada as the nation's boxing capital. In a racially charged contest, the African American Gans defeated the white Nelson.
label: Description
content: Gans, “the Old Master”, was America’s first black boxing champion, holding the lightweight title from 1902-1908. The Goldfield bout was preserved on film and was a popular movie attraction at the time.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Nevada, Goldfield
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0568.184
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.184
objectType: label: Object Name
content: postcard, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 8.5725 cm