Les Darcy – Antique 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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This historic photograph of Les Darcy brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Les Darcy
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Les Darcy, the Australian boxer named on this glass negative, drew wide attention in the United States during the First World War. He had left New South Wales for America in 1916, hoping to build a reputation in the ring, and his career became entangled in the conscription debates back home. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1917, at age 22. The record gives no date for the sitting, so the occasion is unknown, but the plate shows how the Bain News Service, based in New York, recorded sports figures of the period.
| 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 five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,115 × 3,340 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24631 |
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