Have you ever seen….the Knockout Fist of Joe Louis? (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1946 June 8 - 1946 June

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened June 8, 1946 and closed June 1946. Located in the Hall of the Natural History of Man at the American Museum of Natural History. "Have you ever seen....The Knockout Fist of Joe Louis?" featured a plastic cast of the clenched right fist of Joe Louis and a modeled head on impact.

Summary

"Have you ever seen....The Knockout Fist of Joe Louis?" featured a plastic cast of the clenched right fist of Joe Louis and a modeled head on impact. It coincided with the heavy-weight title bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn. Also shown were casts of the fists of ten other famous champions of the prize ring. The casts were provided by Dr. Walter Jacobs, a dentist, who made plastic casts of prize-fighters fists as a hobby. The collection was on exhibit in the Comparative Anatomy Hall at the American Museum of Natural History for several weeks starting on June 8, 1946

Sources

American Museum of Natural History Press Release, June 8, 1946. Departmental Records, 101; American Museum of Natural History Library Archives.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Hall of the Natural History of Man.
Location of exhibition.

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