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Gene Tunney
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Head and shoulders portrait of boxer Gene Tunney. He is looking directly at the camera and is wearing a white shirt. The handwritten inscription to Ed Sullivan reads: "To Eddie with happy memories/of various camps, and my/best wishes. Gene Tunney."
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