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Jeffries-Sharkey Pictures
A heavyweight bout, filmed and toured.
What
An 1899 lithograph poster for the American Mutoscope and Biograph pictures of the James J. Jeffries and Tom Sharkey fight, under the direction of Wm. A. Brady and Thos. O'Rourke.
Why
Prizefight films were among the first long subjects audiences paid to watch, and the poster sold the fight as an event in its own right.
Notice
The managers' names ride on the sheet beside the fighters'.
“Sport as the first feature”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Jeffries-Sharkey Pictures (1899)
- Country / studio
- United States · American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. exhibition poster, 1899
- Source
- Library of Congress
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
From Silent Hollywood
The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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