Ike Dorgan, Jack Dempsey, Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager and Tex Rickard, the promoter for the world heavyweight title bout on July 4th, July 1919
Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
Creation Place:
North America, American
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, Fernando Barnuevo and Gloria Ybarra
Accession Number:
P2020.6.324
Provenance
Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
Commentary
Articles Signed By Willard and Dempsey for World’s Heavyweight Championship Battle! Tex Rickard has completed arrangements with Jess Willard, the present Heavyweight Champion of the World, and Jack Dempsey for a battle for the world heavyweight title July 4th. The photo shows Ike Dorgan, Jack Dempsey, Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager and Tex Rickard, the promoter. Jess Myron Willard (1881 – 1968) was an American world heavyweight boxing champion known as the Pottawatomie Giant, who knocked out Jack Johnson in April 1915 for the heavyweight title. He was known for his great strength and size for the time. Today he is also known for his controversial title loss to Jack Dempsey in 1919, in one of the most severe beatings ever in a championship bout. Shortly after the fight, rumors of foul play in Dempsey's corner began to spread. The rumors appeared to be confirmed years later. The January 13, 1964 issue of Sport's Illustrated contained an article titled, "He didn't know the gloves were loaded". In the article, Dempsey's manager, Jack Kearns, confessed to loading Dempsey's gloves with plaster of Paris disguised as talcum powder, without Dempsey's knowledge.
Marks
Credited in plate with typeset credit and title on label affixed to verso.
Technique
Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.
Materials
Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.
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Boxing,
Ike Dorgan,
Jack Dempsey,
Jack Dempsey,
Jack Kearns,
Jess Willard,
Tex Rickard,
Title fights,
World War I
- Boxing
- Ike Dorgan
- Jack Dempsey
- Jack Dempsey
- Jack Kearns
- Jess Willard
- Tex Rickard
- Title fights
- World War I
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