MUHAMMAD ALI ARCHIVE OVERVIEW

Photography Archive Shot by James Anderson Jr.

Over 600 photos of Muhammad Ali himself, spanning from 1975-1999, with the other 70’s Ali era archive expanding to over 1,100 photos.  Photography also features Ali’s legendary camp, including Drew “Bundini” Brown, Wali Muhammad, Howard Bingham, Rahman Ali, Luis Sirreria, Gene Kilroy, Herbert Muhammad, Lana Shabazz and Lloyd Wells. Photos were shot in Deer Lake, PA, Miami, Los Angeles, Madrid and Italy.

Photography Archive Highlights

1975 photo series features : Barry White

1976 photo series features : Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Ellis, Lloyd Haynes, 

1977 photo series features : Arthur Ashe, Michael Jackson, Tito Jackson, Randy Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Joe Jackson, Telly Savalas

1980 photo series features : Joe Namath, Smokey Robinson, Jayne Kennedy, Tommy Hearns, Larry Holmes, Kris Kristofferson,  Don King, Leon Issac Kennedy, 

1992 photo series features : Joe Frazier, Dustin Hoffman, Diana Ross, Tony Danza, Little Richard, Blair Underwood, Charles S. Dutton, Michael Spinks, Stephanie Mills

Video Archive

About 40 minutes of shadow boxing, heavy bag, speed bag, 15 good minutes of talking, 15 Minutes of jump rope (1:05:42 total runtime) 

Around 45 minutes of training at Deer Lake; Jumping rope, heavy bag work, speed bag work, shadow boxing, around 30 minutes of sparring; around 25 minutes of talking to the  camp  audience (1:36:56 total runtime) 

Around 2 hours of sparring at Deer Lake with and without headgear, 5 minutes of Ali sitting with fans outside of Deer Lake to sign autographs, over  1 hour of jump rope, heavy bag, speed bag work, 5 minutes of Ali at Deer Lake with Olympian Vasily Alexeyev, close to 5 minutes of Ali in his Deer Lake dressing room speaking with Kris Kristofferson and his family, Ali speaks to the crowd for over 10 minutes, around 15 minutes of b-roll footage of Ali at Deer Lake (03:32:35 total runtime)

Muhammad is in New Orleans ahead of the Spinks fight; Around 1 hour of sparring; around 25 minutes of shadow boxing and talking to the crowd; around 20 minutes of heavy bag and speed bag work (1:43:25 total runtime) 

Total runtime : 07 hours and 16 minutes

Tickets/Credentials

Muhammad Ali : Sportsman of the decade at Symphony Hall in NJ  : June 5th, 1978

Sinatra, The First 40 Years at Caesar’s Palace (2 tickets) : December 12th, 1979

Une Soirée Avec Muhammad Ali at Hotel Bonaventure in Montreal : June 19th, 1980 

Holmes VS Ali ticket stub: October 2nd, 1980

Muhammad Ali’s 50th Birthday Celebration, The Wiltern :  February 16th, 1992

2 ringside credentials for Caesar’s Palace with Dad wearing cowboy hats 

Muhammad Ali training camp luggage tag with address

Red Muhammad Ali security to the champ business card

Memorabilia

Used water bottle from deer lake training camp from 1978. “ali” on front, “1978” on back

Signed brown Everlast gloves (signed with felt tipped pen)

3 custom muhammad ali challenge coins

Merchandise

Short sleeved shirt, navy, James embroidered on front right chest, Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA on left chest (have 1 additional) 

Short sleeved shirt, green, James embroidered on front right chest, Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA on left chest

Short sleeved shirt, oatmeal, James embroidered on front right chest, Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA on left chest 

Short sleeved shirt, brown, James embroidered on front right chest, Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA on left chest

Short sleeved shirt, yellow, James embroidered on front right chest, Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA on left chest (have 1 additional without black threading  around neck) 

Short sleeved shirt, royal blue, The Greatest, “Muhammad Ali 3 Time World Champ” with image of Ali & globe on front center, “The Champs Crew” on back featuring Bundini, Kilroy, Blood, Lloyd, Pat, Sirreia, Ralph, Bingham, James, Lana, Booker, Angelo, Abdel, Ellis, Fred

Short sleeved shirt, green, Muhammad Ali Training Camp “Four Times Champion” Deer Lake, PA embroidered on front center 

Short sleeved shirt, white , Muhammad Ali Training Camp “Four Times Champion” Deer Lake, PA embroidered on front center 

Short sleeved shirt, white , Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA embroidered on front center 

Short sleeved shirt, white, Muhammad’s butterfly bee logo on front center, “Ali” with butterfly bee logo on back

Short sleeved shirt, yellow, Muhammad Ali Track Meet with Ali image embroidered on front center 

Short sleeved shirt, navy, “The Last Hurrah?” Ali VS Holmes October 2nd, 1980 with Ali (with mustache) and Holmes art on front center (have 1 additional) 

Short sleeved shirt, brownish, Holmes VS Ali, Caesars Palace, October 2nd, 1980 Don King Productions & Caesars logo on front center, Caesars Palace logo on back 

Long sleeved shirt, white with red sleeves, “For The Heavyweight Championship of the World, Ali VS Holmes image on front center, October 2nd, 1980 

Short sleeved shirt, white, “A Child’s Wish is Worth Answering, Muhammad with 3 kids photo on front center, USA for America logo on back (have 1 additional) 

Short sleeved sweater, burgundy, James embroidered on front right chest, Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA on left chest

Short sleeved sweater, navy, James embroidered on front right chest, Muhammad Ali Training Camp Deer Lake, PA on left chest

Patches

Ali VS Shavers World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden boxing glove patch, dated September 9th, 1977

ButterflyBee patch for Ali’s robe 

Pins

“This is It” circular black 

Rocky III circular yellow