Original photograph of Jack Dempsey and Bull Montana, 1921

Jack Dempsey, Luigi "Bull" Montana (subjects)

New York: Kadel and Herbert, Circa 1921. Vintage press photograph of Jack Dempsey training in the ring with his friend, Luigi "Bull" Montana, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1921. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso, along with a small newspaper clipping and the stamp of Kadel and Herbert News Service.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

9 x 7.5 inches. Very Good, with touchups for print on the recto, trimmed irregularly, with a chip on the bottom left corner.


[Book #162834]