2012.044.384
Negative, Film
Negative. Black and white negative of a print which shows (left to right): Billy Conn, Joe Louis, and Joe Franklin seated at a desk in a television studio. A typewritten label above the top edge of the photo shows "(NY62) New York, June 26 - Before Collapse -- Former world heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, center, who collapsed later from illness, is shown being interviewed Thursday morning by television master of ceremonies, Joe Franklin, in the Times Square studios of WOR-TV. Left is Billy Conn, former heavyweight challenger. Shortly after, Louis collapsed. Franklin was taping his show for a later showing tonight. (AP Wirephoto) (see AP story) (jwb51645ho) 1969."
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