Images(4)

Poster, Theater

Object number2013.4.1

Date1946

MediumPaper/Ink

Credit LineGift of Arthur J. Rooney

DescriptionMovie poster on paper, advertising film highlights of the Joe Louis verses Billy Conn rematch at Yankee Stadium. Obverse: orange background with blue and white print. Top right corner features an image of a man in boxing gloves and trunks; bottom left corner features a man in fingerless boxing gloves.Dimensions60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
InscriptionsPrint: "NOW / SHOWING EXTRA! / Exclusive / FIGHT PICTURES / JOE / LOUIS / VS. BILLY / CONN / IN OFFICIAL FIGHT FILMS OF THEIR / Return / WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT / CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE / ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS...ROUND-BY-ROUND / BLOW-BY-BLOW / Better than a Ringside Seat / DISTRIBUTED BY RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC."

Stamp on reverse: "FROM THE ESTATE OF / [in cursive, as if a signature] M Corning".
MarksObverse stamp: "SIGN AND PICTORIAL / [union logo] 230 / No LOCAL / THIS IS PROPERTY OF NATIONAL SCREEN SERVICE CORP. LICENSED FOR DISPLAY / ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBITION OF THIS PICTURE AT YOUR THEATER. PLEASE / PACK AND RETURN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE CURRENT WEEK'S SHOW. / COPYRIGHT 1946 RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC."
Historical NotesMovie poster featuring highlights of the 1946 rematch between "Pittsburgh Kid" Billy Conn and Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. The fight took place at Yankee Stadium and was the first televised World Heavyweight Championship. Louis knocked Conn out in round eight. Conn retired a few years later, and was inducted, during its inaugural year, into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He died three years later in Pittsburgh.

Related person William David Conn (1917 - 1993)

Related person Joseph Louis Barrow (1914 - 1981)

Related institution Sign and Pictorial Local 230

Previous owner National Screen Service Corporation

Previous owner Mervin Allen Corning (1926 - 2006)

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