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Title: Joe Louis, 1950s-1960s
Alternative Title: Joe Louis, boxer
Contributor: Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950/1970
[1950s-1960s]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Joe Louis, known as the Brown Bomber, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. In 1982 he was posthumously approved for the Congressional Gold Medal.
Portrait of Joe Louis wearing a cap.
Joe Louis Lived in Los Angeles after he retired from boxing. Harry Adams photo.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b20_f13_001a.tif
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Subject: African American boxers
Louis, Joe, 1914-1981
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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