Huge Antique Signed Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Johnson Cabinet Photo Card

Description: Stinson & Company is a traditional old school antique pawn shop located in Historic Portland Maine. We specialize in the sale of Antiques, Collectables, Gold & Silver Bullion, Jewelry, Diamonds, US Coins & Paper Currency, Vintage Guitars, Celebrity Memorabilia, Historical Items, Clocks, Watches, Glass & Pottery and many other items of value at the fairest prices. You will always find some of the most interesting items from week to week. Add us to your favorites and check back often. Huge Antique Signed Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Johnson Cabinet Photo Card ~ Free Shipping ~ Up for sale today is this Huge Antique Signed Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Johnson Cabinet Photo Card. The card was put out by Otto Sarony Co. and has the companies name and addresses in the lower portion of the photo. The large 12.25" x 9" photo is signed "From a Friend to a Friend Yours Truly Jack Johnson" in the upper left and "to Mr. George Silver" in the lower right. The signature looks to be of his secretary or someone on his team allowed to sign items with his name. The ink is in period fountain pen ink that had faded in some spots (see pics). This is a fantastic photo of one of the most iconic pugilist in the history of professional boxing. The frame is in excellent condition with a linen tan matte with a burgundy under matte. The inner and outer border of the wood frame is gold in color with an dark stain center. Very nice looking frame with UV glass and acid free mattes. Frame measures 23" x 28". Otto Sarony (1850–1903) was a portrait photographer and the owner of a celebrity photography business. Napoleon Sarony, the premier theatrical photographer of the 19th century, was his father. Sarony the Younger, as he was known, continued the family business. His photography business put out photos of Evelyn Nesbit, Clara Blandick, Richard Bennett, Elsie Leslie and other stars of stage and screen as well as other celebrities such as boxer Jack Johnson under his name. The actual photographers were uncredited (as he was when he worked for his father). Jack Johnson (1878 - 1946) became the first black heavyweight champion of the world in 1908 after defeating a white Canadian, racial animosity in Jim Crow America spiked. A black champion was an unacceptable blow to the doctrine of white supremacy. However, it wasn't until two years later, when Johnson defeated Jim Jeffries, a white American and former heavyweight champion, that America's simmering post-slavery racial tensions erupted in deadly fashion. Riots were reported all over America and at least 10 "Negro" deaths and hundreds of injuries were counted within 24 hours of the fight's conclusion. Even as black Americans celebrated the boxer's accomplishment, the federal government moved to make an example out of the pugilist. The champion's personality and flamboyant swagger, which included openly dating white women, made him an inviting target. Scores of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, openly fretted about the dangers of a black champion and helped fuel the federal pursuit of Johnson."A word to the black man: Do not point your nose too high. If you have ambition for yourself or your race, you must try for something better in development than that of the mule," opined the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times a day after the fight. Federal prosecutors, knowing the social behaviors of their target, went after Johnson using the Mann Act, also known as the White-Slave Traffic Act. The law prohibited the transport of any woman or girl across state lines for prostitution, debauchery or any other immoral purpose. When investigators were unable to build a travel case against Johnson using his white wife as a victim, they found a former white girlfriend of the champion who agreed to testify that she had sex with Johnson after they traveled from Pittsburgh to Chicago. An all-white jury found Johnson guilty of violating the Mann Act, and he was sentenced to 366 days in jail. It was a great day May 24th 2018 when the President granted Johnson a full pardon for his racially motivated injustice of violating the Mann act in 1913. inkfrog terapeak Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

Price: 1799.99 USD

Location: Portland, Maine

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