National Museum of African American History and Culture
<I>Le Boxeur JACK JOHNSON</I>
Maurice-Louis Branger, French, 1874 - 1950 · 1913
A black-and-white studio portrait photograph of Jack Johnson, captured in France in 1913. Johnson is depicted standing in front of a landscape studio backdrop. He stands in a boxing pose, his proper right fist raised, and his proper left fist held slightly back and up. He is shirtless and wears tight-fitting boxing shorts with a fabric belt tied at the waist and black leather boxing shoes. He looks directly at the camera. A typewritten label affixed along the bottom edge of the photograph reads [Le Boxeur JACK JOHNSON (B)].
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