Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs

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Contributor

C. T. American Art

Description

This color postcard features men in white uniforms gather in a grassy outdoor space watching a boxing match taking place inside an outdoor boxing ring. Some men are gathered right up next to the boxing ring while others are seated in sections on the grass. The title in the upper right reads "U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL." and the title in the lower left corner reads "Outdoor Boxing." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher and artist information, as well as, indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1900

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Outdoor-Boxing_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Naval Battleship Subcollection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Outdoor Boxing at United States Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois

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