Jimmy Hoffa

Neil Selkirk, artist

born 1947

Jimmy Hoffa, circa 1975

Portfolio/Series title: "Lord Jimmy: Can the king of the road come back?," published in Esquire magazine, March 1975

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: board; gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 42.5 x 29.2 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 16 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0330

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Politics, Race, Celebrity: Photographs from the Esquire Collection

Jimmy Hoffa was a labor activist and union leader who became the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the ‘IBT’ or ‘Teamsters’). Under his leadership, the Teamsters became the largest labor union in the United States. However, because of his connections to and dealings with organized crime, Hoffa was convicted of fraud, attempted bribery, and jury tampering during his tenure as president of the Teamsters. He served four years in prison before he was pardoned by President Nixon in 1971. Four months after this article’s publication in 1975, Hoffa disappeared under mysterious circumstances. He was declared legally dead in 1982, although his body has never been found.