Louis, Joe. boxer. with Dixie Walker, Edmund (Bing) Miller, Edsel Ford & Charles Barnes. at Franklin Street settlement

Description:

Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis (The Brown Bomber) shakes hands with Ford Motor executive, Edsel Ford, with Detroit Tiger right-fielder, Fred E. "Dixie" Walker and coach Edmund John "Bing" Miller on left and first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt seated at table in right foreground, at event in Detroit, Michigan.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1939-03-03T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Subject Topic:

African American boxers

Subject Name:

Louis, Joe, 1914-1981, Ford, Edsel, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, and Detroit Tigers (Baseball team)

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc8765