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[Portrait of Jesse Owens]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09798.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Sioux City, Iowa Type: Photograph Date: 27 March 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 9 cm Order a Copy

One black and white photograph of Jesse Owens dated March 27, 1956. Image is of Owens in an interior location. Reverse side contains typewritten text, "Jesse Owens of Olympic fame - Mayfair Hotel, Sioux City, Iowa - March 27, 1956." Also contains a handwritten note, " Died- 3/31/80, Tuscon - Arizon."

Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980

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