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(BOXING.) EZZARD CHARLES vs. JERSEY JOE WALCOTT.
Souvenir
Program World’s Heavyweight Championship Fight between Charles and
Walcott.
16 pages on high glossy paper. Illustrated with profiles of a variety of 20th cen-
tury boxers with their “stats.” 16 pages Large 4to, original pictorial wrappers.
Philadelphia: Municipal Stadium, 1952
[350/500]
A souvenir that doubled as a directory of sorts. “Where to Go, What to See” with advertisements of
local black businesses. Aimed at African Americans from out of town, there to see the fight. Jersey Joe
beat Charles in a 15 round decision retaining his championship title.
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CASSIUS CLAY [AKA MUHAMMAD ALI].
CASSIUS CLAY.
Photographic
poster, 29
1
⁄
8
x 42
1
⁄
8
inches; linen-backed.
Np, 1968
[800/1,200]
Early poster of the “greatest” before he changed his name to Muhammad Ali, circa 1969
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510
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(BOXING.) MUHAMMAD ALI
A/K/A CASSIUS CLAY.
Buck White, a
New Musical.
Black and white poster,
printed on heavy cardstock, 22 x 14
inches; some slight wrinkling and a bit of
light wear to the edges.
New York, 1969
[800/1,200]
A RARE POSTER FOR THIS MUSICAL STARRING
CLAY
/
ALI
.
Cassius Clay a/k/a/Muhammad
Ali’s acting career was brief indeed—this play
ran for four nights only.