Boxing headgear worn by Joe Louis

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Boxing headgear manufactured by Everlast. Headgear is flaking brown leather with padding and metal chin buckle. At forehead is a fabric label stitched onto the leather reading [SPORTING GOODS / MFG CO. / EVERLAST / TRADE MARK REG / NEW YORK]. Back of headgear is laced up with string. The top of the headgear is composed of a cross of olive drab fabric. At fabric intersection is a leather square with handwritten [K-11] in black ink.

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