Boxers (Sports)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Boxers Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: BOX_760
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 41 scrapbooks about professional boxers. The scrapbooks were compiled by an unknown person and contain almost exclusively articles and photographs clipped from various newspapers and periodicals dating from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, although some of the material is retrospective. Sources for the clippings include daily newspapers and boxing periodicals. There are few citations included. Most scrapbooks are devoted to the exploits and career of individual...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1930s - c. 1950s
ESCO Boxing Exhibit Cards Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP10093
Scope and Contents
This collection includes more than 300 exhibit cards featuring images of boxers. Cards are the size of postcards. The fronts of most cards contain an image of a boxer with his name and sometimes other information like hometown, nicknames, etc. The backs of cards from the 1920s often contain short bios and/or selected match results, and many have a postcard back for mailing. Some of the cards from the 1920s are tinted in different colors. Many cards, especially those printed after 1928,...
Dates:
1921-1960s