Title: | Squaring off |
Description: | Two boys in boxing gloves facing each other in office; man in suit crouching behind them to offer advice. Caption: "Squaring off: John Sturgess of 393 Dean St., left, and Joseph J. Tabbs, Jr. of 190 York St., both 8 and challengers for the 'underweight' of the world at the Navy Yard Boys Club, 193 York St., on Sept. 24, practice their best blows before County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz, a sponsor of the club's youth program." |
Date: | 1954 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
Creator: | Kruh, Johnny. |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Sep. 9, 1954 ; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Social Welfare [3]
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Subject: |
Boys [4] Boxing [5] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection . |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
ID: | SWEL 0135 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/b6638c6bfa88616cde558b0e3d3b544d&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Social+Welfare
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Boys
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Boxing