World's Heavyweight Championship Boxing Poster, Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Louis, Joe
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Schmeling, Max
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Boxing poster advertising the World's Heavyweight Championship boxing re-match between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, June 22, 1938 at Yankee Stadium. This poster consists of three different parts. The 1936 bout was won by Schmeling but in this match Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round. Joe Louis, known as the "Brown Bomber," was considered one of the greatest heavyweight fighters of all time. He is often regarded as the first African American to become a nationwide hero, and he became the focal point of anti-Nazi sentiment with the Schmeling fight of 1936. He was the reigning World Heavyweight Champion from 1937 until his retirement in 1949.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
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: 1982.0128.07
label: accession number
content: 1982.0128
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0128.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
label: Object Name
content: poster, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 83 in x 41 in; 210.82 cm x 104.14 cm