Photograph of Ben Levine and the US Olympic Team, 1924
Object Details
- date made
- 1924
- depicted (sitter)
- Levine, Ben
- Description (Brief)
- Black and white photograph of Ben Levine and the 1924 U.S. Olympic team upon arrival in Paris, France. Levine was a participant in the development of amateur sports competition from 1902 as a boy of 13 when he went to work for James Sullivan, President of the Amateur Athletic Union until his retirement from the A.A.U. in 1968. Levine's primary contribution was to Amateur boxing, which he first promoted prior to 1920. He staged the first Golden Gloves and was the Assistant Manager of the U.S. Boxing teams at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games and an international jurist in boxing at the Olympics in 1932.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- level of sport
- Olympics
- Amateur
- name of sport
- Boxing
- related event
- Olympic Summer Games: Paris, 1924
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- Credit Line
- Bertram Levine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 1991.0049.39
- accession number
- 1991.0049
- catalog number
- 1991.0049.39
- Object Name
- photograph, summer olympics
- photograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 14 in; 26.67 cm x 35.56 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_1848434