Old Warriors Meet Again - Two former World's heavyweight boxing champions square off as they meet for the first time in 16 years. It's 48-year-old Max Schmeling (left) of Germany and 39-year-old Joe Louis whose smiling moods are a far cry from their last meeting when Louis flattened Schmeling in 1938.

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Title:
Old Warriors Meet Again - Two former World's heavyweight boxing champions square off as they meet for the first time in 16 years. It's 48-year-old Max Schmeling (left) of Germany and 39-year-old Joe Louis whose smiling moods are a far cry from their last meeting when Louis flattened Schmeling in 1938.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Schmeling, Max - Boxer
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. May 1954]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Boxing
Boxers (Sports)
Schmeling, Max, 1905-2005
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 209 x 212 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/bv73g8785
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000651_0001
Barcode:
39999088103690