A superb and large panoramic photograph of the crowd scene before the Jack Johnson v Jim Jeffries boxing fight in Reno, Nevada, 4th July 1910, publish
£1,500 - £2,500
A superb and large panoramic photograph of the crowd scene before the Jack Johnson v Jim Jeffries boxing fight in Reno, Nevada, 4th July 1910, published by J & J Co., San Francisco, 1910, comprising two 10 by 72in. (25.5 by 183cm.) panoramas mounted together to provide a view of the crowd on all four sides of the boxing ring, the top inset with oval portraits of the fighters Johnson and Jeffries and the promoters Tex Rickard & Jack Gleason, printed inscription reading PANORAMA OF THE JEFFRIES AND JOHNSON CONTEST - RENO, NEVADA - JULY 4th 1910, TAKEN 30 MINUTES BEFORE CONTESTS, GATE $270,755.00, PURSE $121,000.00, ATTENDANCE 19-20 THOUSAND, in original wooden frame under glass, overall, 60 by 191cm., generally good condition, one vertical of discolouration, area of damage to wooden frame