Tintype of Joe Louis, Taken at the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio, 1935
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Seventeen-year-old Joe Louis got his start as an athlete and boxer in 1931 at the Brewster East Side Gymnasium in Detroit. He became world heavyweight boxing champion in 1937 and held the title until 1949. This autographed tintype of him was taken in Greenfield Village's Tintype Studio during a visit in 1935.
Seventeen-year-old Joe Louis got his start as an athlete and boxer in 1931 at the Brewster East Side Gymnasium in Detroit. He became world heavyweight boxing champion in 1937 and held the title until 1949. This autographed tintype of him was taken in Greenfield Village's Tintype Studio during a visit in 1935.
Artifact
Tintype (Photograph)
Date Made
15 October 1935
Subject Date
15 October 1935
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
91.0.44.50
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Collodion
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Tintype (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in (plate)
Width: 2.875 in (plate)
Height: 5.875 in (paper folder)
Width: 3.875 in (paper folder)
Inscriptions
on front: Joe Louis / Oct 15, 1935
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