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El Vez

Image

El Vez, an Mexican American male Elvis Presley impersonator, throws a punch as he wears boxing gloves and boxer shorts with "El Vez" on the waistband.

Date Published
1995
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Italian heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera

Image

Publicity photo of Italian heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera.

Date Published
1933
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Woody Herman and Gus Lesnevich

Image

Woody Herman pretending to spar with boxer Gus Lesnevich. Herman is wearing a light colored suit and white tie, looking surprised at Lesnevich who is...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Portrait photographs
  • Boxers (Sports)

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (3)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (3)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Celebrity impersonators (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Mexican Americans (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • (-) Boxers (Sports) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Carnera, Primo, 1906-1967 (1)
  • El Vez (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Lesnevich, Gus, 1915-1964 (1)

Date Published

  • 1933 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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