jackjohnson

13 photos tagged jackjohnson, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2004

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dale.neighbors said:
This images is looking east from 42nd Street and 7th Avenue. The building shown on teh left in teh center is the Times Building. In the distance you see the platform for the Elevated on Sixth Avenue.
Art Siegel said:
great catch.. Now can you get the name of the theater? Hammerstein's something or another.
Wystan said:
Hammerstein's Roof Garden, operated by Oscar Hammerstein I. He opened it in 1904, above two theaters that he owned: the Victoria and the Republic. Jack Johnson, the African-American world champion prizefighter, appeared at the Victoria Theater in July of 1910, for an engagement of several days.
Art Siegel said:
Thanks! Johnson was a key figure, maybe even a tragic figure, in the history of rase relations in America.
Wystan said:
The New York Times, on July 12, 1910, ran a story about Johnson's tumultuous welcome in New York City. (This was right after his victory in Reno over former heavyweight champion James Jeffries, "The Great White Hope," cemented Johnson's claim to the title): [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E07E6D9173AE733A25751C1A9619C946196D6CF

Criz Stoddard said:
This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Black History across the Commons - Part 1
Art Siegel said:
This is one of 4 Bain Collection photos of Jack Johnson taken in the same place and apparently at the same time, one of which is dated May 3, 1912

10dasein said:
The date in the top right corner looks like March 1912. If that's the case this photo could be part of the build up for the Fireman Jim Flynn fight that took place in Las Vegas that summer. Johnson won that fight and again defended his hard won heavy weight title. However, it was the last time he defended the title in the USA, fighting (and winning) twice in France before losing the crown to Jess Willard in Cuba in 1915. This photo could also be considered a mark of the end of Johnson's glory years. After the Flynn fight he would be forced to move abroad to aviod arrest for various claimed crimes and wouldn't return to the US for 7 years. His next fight in the US was in prison.
Art Siegel said:
This is one of 4 Bain Collection photos of Jack Johnson taken in the same place and apparently at the same time. This one is dated May 3, 1912