Dempsey, Leonard, Comr. Daley, Billy Gibson, Jack Kearns & Houdini – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Dempsey, Leonard, Comr. Daley, Billy Gibson, Jack Kearns & Houdini. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Dempsey, Leonard, Comr. Daley, Billy Gibson, Jack Kearns & Houdini
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Jack Dempsey, Benny Leonard, Jack Kearns, Harry Houdini, Billy Gibson, and a man listed as Commissioner Daley all appear together in this picture's record, an unusual mix of prizefighters, a boxing manager, and an escape artist. The title comes from unverified caption data and no date is recorded, so the occasion is unknown. The Bain News Service was a New York press photo agency that sold pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century, and its glass negatives document the sporting and celebrity life of that era. A group like this most likely points to a publicity event or social gathering in the boxing world of the 1920s, though the record does not confirm it.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,698 × 4,141 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40840 |
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