• Public Gallery  • Help  
• Join Now!  • Log In  • Feature Tour
 Adam Warshaw | Home > 
Boxing Photographs
Album by Adam Warshaw. 1 - 188 of 188 Total. 131846 Visits.
Start SlideshowTo order prints and photo-products: 1. Select photos. 2. Click Order. 3. Select products. 
Enlarge photo 1
1
7.5" x 9.5" [10" x 12" mount]  mounted photo of Jim Jeffries on his farm in Burbank with his pup, with a handwritten copyright of 1906 By Jas. J. Jeffries and Jas. M. Johnson [perhaps the photographer], captioned "The Good Friends" in pencil on the mount.  Purportedly from his estate.

Enlarge photo 2
2
10.5" x 13" print of Jim Jeffries.  The photographers' imprint at the bottom right is the famous Dana Studio in San Francisco.  Judging from the look of the image, the imprint and Jeffries' appearance, I'd say this is a 1910 image shot of him at either the Hotel Rowardennan, near Santa Cruz CA, or Reno NV, when he was in training for the Johnson fight.

Enlarge photo 3
3
A 1910 Dana snapshot of Jeffries, about postcard sized on thin photo paper.

Enlarge photo 4
4
9" x 14" print of Peter Jackson.  This is an ink-signed Dana Studios original, meaning that the writing on it was applied in india ink by someone at Dana.  I suspect it was wider but has some damage to the left edge.

Enlarge photo 5
5
Hall of Famer Fred Welsh in a 1911 photo by noted sports photographer George Grantham Bain.

Enlarge photo 6
6

Enlarge photo 7
7

Enlarge photo 8
8
1915 Hall Studio Benny Leonard.  I was able to track the date because it is from the same photo session as the image used for a 1915 self-issued publicity card.

Enlarge photo 9
9
1917 Benny Leonard

Enlarge photo 10
10

Enlarge photo 11
11
1918 Benny Leonard joins the Army.

Enlarge photo 12
12
Leonard in the Army during WWI

Enlarge photo 13
13
A double-weight wet signed portrait of Georges Carpentier from the Geisler-Andrews studio, a business that operated from 1917-1921.

Enlarge photo 14
14
11 x 14 1921 photo of a boxing gathering at Vernon, CA at the PCL stadium there. Boxers include Jack Jeffries, Willie Ritchie, Kid McCoy, Jim Jeffries, Tom Sharkey, Jack Root, Billy Papke, Al Kaufman, Tommy Ryan, Charlie Eyton (referee), Ad Wolgast, Joe Rivers.

Enlarge photo 15
15
A 1921 portrait of The Great Bennah in his prime.

Enlarge photo 16
16
July 4, 1922 news photo showing Benny Leonard knocking down Rocky Kansas.

Enlarge photo 17
17
This Hall photo of Gene Tunney is one of a series.  A very early example of a Tunney self-issued publicity photo.  The writing on the back purportedly is that of Tunney's manager; I have no indication that is an accurate statement.

Enlarge photo 18
18

Enlarge photo 19
19
1924 Paramount publicity photo of Jim Corbett on set for the filming of a movie.

Enlarge photo 20
20
Here is a publicity still from the 1925 silent film Hogan's Alley.  There are two Exhibit cards from this picture picturing star Monte Blue with Jim Jeffries.  The photo is noteworthy because it depicts Jeffries with some of the most prominent boxers who worked in films of the era, notably Kid Lewis and Joe Rivers, both of whom are on movie Exhibit cards (uncredited).  Also included are Ad Wolgast and Tommy Ryan.

Enlarge photo 21
21
A stil from Benny Leonard's 1925 serial "Flying Fists."

Enlarge photo 22
22
Another Flying Fists still

Enlarge photo 23
23

Enlarge photo 24
24
1920s publicity photo of Kid Kaplan, the Meriden Buzzsaw.

Enlarge photo 25
25
Another publicity piece of the Kid, this one signed.

Enlarge photo 26
26
1920s publicity photo of Armand Emanuel, a Jewish heavyweight contender from the west coast who was also a practicing attorney.

Enlarge photo 27
27
1920s signed Emanuel publicity photo

Enlarge photo 28
28
1920s Young Stribling promotional photo.  He was a lieutenant in the reserves and died in a car wreck in 1933.

Enlarge photo 29
29
1920s Spanish Basque heavyweight contender Paolino Uzcudun promotional photograph.

Enlarge photo 30
30
Max Schmeling publicity photo, ca. 1920s as he is listed as a contender rather than a champ or ex-champ.

Enlarge photo 31
31
Another 1920s Schmeling.  He looked so young!

Enlarge photo 32
32
A 1920s portrait of Smiling Mickey Walker.

Enlarge photo 33
33
An early 1920s linen paper portrait of Sammy Mandell, the Rockford Sheik, from a Rockford studio.

Enlarge photo 34
34
1920s photo of Tommy Gibbons used as a premium of some type by Boxing Blade magazine.

Enlarge photo 35
35
1920s publicity photo of Kid Francis, who was sent to Auschwitz during WWII and killed there.

Enlarge photo 36
36
A 1925 French studio portrait of Francis.  The portrait was in the archive of Le Petit Parisien, a newspaper run by the Dupuy family.  After WWII Pierre Dupuy, the publisher, was accused of collaborating with the Nazis and while he was acquitted, the paper was destroyed as a result.

Enlarge photo 37
37
French boxing promoter Philippe Roth, autograph attached to a photo from the news archive.

Enlarge photo 38
38
1920s publicity photo for Ad Stone.  This is typical of the images that Fowler produced for boxers.  The notation at the bottom is handwritten.  Max "Boo Boo" Hoff was a minor underworld figure in Philly who ran fighters.

Enlarge photo 39
39
1920s photo of Benny Leonard at his dapper best.

Enlarge photo 40
40
1920s Apeda Studio portrait of Jack Dempsey

Enlarge photo 41
41
A 1920s Hollywood still of Dempsey, an unidentified man, and Tom Mix, from one of Mix and Dempsey's sparring sessions.  The image was used to make the E282 Oh Boy card.

Enlarge photo 42
42
1926 lobby card for Gene Tunney's film "The Fighting Marine."

Enlarge photo 43
43

Enlarge photo 44
44
Hand tinting of photographs was a common art form in the early 20th century.  This Maxie Rosenbloom was tinted and hand-inked as well with the French language caption.  Photo is 9.5" x 12"

Enlarge photo 45
45
A spectacular Max Baer 8 x 10, inscribed and signed on 8/25/1934, during his one-year reign as heavyweight champion.

Enlarge photo 46
46
A portait of Jimmy McLarnin dating to 1934-35, which is when he held the title.

Enlarge photo 47
47
1937 Veteran Boxers Association of Illinois presentation photo inscribed to HOF sportswriter Grantland Rice.  L to R: Jimmie Barry, Harry Forbes, Johnny Coulon, Battling Nelson, Buddy Ryan, George Gardner

Enlarge photo 48
48
1938 wire photo from the signing for the 2nd Joe Louis fight depicting Max Schmeling with promoter Mike Jacobs

Enlarge photo 49
49
1939 wire photo of Davie Day vs. Pedro Montanez.  Day was a Jewish fighter whose real name was Daitch.  Montanez, a HOFer, was billed as the "Puerto Rican Jew" in his fights.

Enlarge photo 50
50
1930s autographed photo of middleweight champ Freddy Steele, the Tacoma Assassin.

Enlarge photo 51
51
1930s publicity photo of Mike Belloise.  He and his brother Steve operated a bed and breakfast near a small town where my family had a home, something I never knew until I ran across a postcard of the joint.

Enlarge photo 52
52
As the photo says, Seelig was stripped of his titles for anti-Semitic reasons and had the foresight to read the handwriting on the wall and get out of Nazi Germany.

Enlarge photo 53
53
1930s snapshot of Jim Jeffries' Barn in Burbank, California, at the southwest corner of Victory and Buena Vista.

Enlarge photo 54
54
Jeffries on the rancho in Burbank.

Enlarge photo 55
55
Jeffries with his cattle on the Burbank rancho.

Enlarge photo 56
56
A 1930s photo outside Jeffries' Barn showing Jeff with a prospective fighter and some local promoters.

Enlarge photo 57
57
Another 1930s Jeffries Barn fight photo with Jeffries in the ring.

Enlarge photo 58
58
This is a 1944 photo from Jeffries' Barn in Burbank, CA showing Jim Jeffries with various wrestling and boxing personalities, including Jim Londos, former sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, racer Barney Oldfield, boxer Ceferino Garcia, and some others I can't ID yet.  The photo has a wet ink signature and stamp of Jeffries' official photographer Charles F. Heath.

Enlarge photo 59
59
Another shot of Jeffries with Sheriff Biscailuz and Oldfield.

Enlarge photo 60
60
This series of three snapshots was taken at Joe Louis's training camp for his 1935 bout with Max Baer

Enlarge photo 61
61

Enlarge photo 62
62

Enlarge photo 63
63
Two 5 x 7 images from the 1937 training camp for the Braddock title fight.

Enlarge photo 64
64
1930s photo of the boxing and Hollywood glitterati at a fight in Los Angeles.  Standing L to R: Dan Toby, Bud Taylor (HOF), Jackie Fields (HOF), George Raft (actor), Ceferino Garcia, Ace Hudkins, Pat O'Brien (actor), James J. Braddock (HOF), unk, unk, Jack Root (HOF), Al McCoy, Tommy Ryan, Unk.
Kneeling L to R: Fidel La Barba, Jimmy McLarnin (HOF), Joe Rivers, Willie Ritchie, Gorilla Jones (HOF), Billy Coe.


Enlarge photo 65
65
Tha dapper Mike Jacobs in the 1930s at the height of his power as a promoter.  This is a 2nd generation "photo of a photo" that Jacobs had earlier inscribed to Tom Sharkey

Enlarge photo 66
66
1930s autographed publicity photo of Bob Pastor, best known for going 11 rounds with Joe Louis, winning 4 until he was KO'd.

Enlarge photo 67
67
1930s publication art of Primo Carnera and Jess Willard.  I suppose the suggestion was that the two were like skyscrapers.  It is composed of two photos [Willard and Carnera] cut out and pasted on board with inked in details and silver ink used to remove details under Willard so it would appear he and Carnera were standing together.

Enlarge photo 68
68
1943 Wire photo of Allie Stoltz and Willie Pep slugging it out.  A whole crop of Jewish fighters from the late 1930s-early 1940s have no known boxing cards and can be collected only in other materials. Stoltz is one of them.

Enlarge photo 69
69
Allie Stoltz publicity photo signed by Hy Caplin for himself and Stoltz.

Enlarge photo 70
70
George Freedom Abrams.  Another WWII era Jewish fighter with basically no cards (there is an image of a postcard on my postcards page).  He was a top middleweight contender; Sugar Ray Robinson said Abrams was his toughest opponent.

Enlarge photo 71
71
The Cocoa Kid was elected to the IBHOF in 2012 and is one of those black fighters from the interwar years with no known cards.

Enlarge photo 72
72
The Ape signed publicity photo.  The style is practically the same as the Adam Hats H815 issue that Metropolitan shot.  Did they use the template or did Simon pose for an as yet undiscovered H815 card?

Enlarge photo 73
73
WWII era premium of Jack Dempsey, autographed.  You see quite a few of these around, relatively speaking, though not always signed.  They appear to have been given to sailors who completed basic training in Dempsey's coast guard program in New York.  The image is a classic Apeda shot of Dempsey from the 1920s.

Enlarge photo 74
74
1943 Hollywood Legion Stadium.  Left to Right: Jim Jeffries, Ceferino Garcia, Mushy Callahan, Jimmy McLarnin, Jack Root, Baby Arizmendi, Willie Ritchie, Johnny Indrisano
At Microphone: Joe Lynch


Enlarge photo 75
75
When Giants Roamed The Earth: a WWII era picture of a meeting between two of my idols, Benny Leonard (far left) and Barney Ross (the Marine on the right).  Also present are fellow HOFers Tony Canzoneri and Mickey Walker.  One of the bravest, toughest men ever to come out of the United States, in addition to winning world titles as a boxer, Ross joined the Marines when WWII broke out, and asked to transfer from a training position in San Diego to active combat  He was awarded America's third highest military honor, the Silver Star with a Presidential Citation, for heroism on Guadalcanal. One night, he was one of four wounded Marines surrounded by enemy forces.  Ross, who was the only one able to fight, held their position and single-handedly killed nearly two dozen Japanese soldiers over a hellish night of battle, praying in Hebrew as he went. He then carried a fellow Marine to safety who outweighed him by about 90 pounds.

Enlarge photo 76
76
1946 wire photo of Beau Jack and Danny Kapilow.

Enlarge photo 77
77
Late 1940s photo of [L-R] Jim Braddock, Marcel Cerdan and George Abrams.

Enlarge photo 78
78
Autographed French photo of Cerdan

Enlarge photo 79
79
A 1949 photo labeled and inscribed by referee Benny Whitman depicting him with two unnamed boxers and IBHOFers Fidel La Barba, Gorilla Jones and "Homicide" Hank Armstrong.  The peculiar roof trussing behind them identifies this image as taken at the Derby in Hollywood, a club made famous in the movie Swingers

Enlarge photo 80
80
Pre-championship Rocky Graziano promotional photo.

Enlarge photo 81
81
Wire photo of Jim Jeffries at his home in Burbank, California on his 75th birthday in 1950.  The city shut down and held a holiday/celebration in honor of its most famous citizen.  Jeffries Avenue in Burbank was named for him.

Enlarge photo 82
82
Jim Jeffries obituary and photo

Enlarge photo 83
83
Early 1950s Archie Moore promotional photo.

Enlarge photo 84
84
1951 Joey Maxim publicity photo and mailing envelope.  The photo is signed but the ink has faded away so that all that is left is the indentation that the pen made.

Enlarge photo 85
85
This Floyd Patterson promotional card was used in a newspaper in January 1953, so it is a very early item.

Enlarge photo 86
86
Sonny Liston publicity photo at his prime.

Enlarge photo 87
87
Easily the best Cassius Clay piece I could imagine owning, a publicity photo and accompanying letter from shortly before the first Liston fight.

Enlarge photo 88
88
1967 press photo of Muhammad Ali.

Enlarge photo 89
89
1967 press photo of Muhammad Ali.

Enlarge photo 90
90
1974 wire photo from the signing for the Foreman-Norton championship fight.  Gotta love the 1970s fashions.  I need a hat like that...

Enlarge photo 91
91
Joe Frazier also tried his hand at singing.  Scary, right?

Enlarge photo 92
92
One of the hardest-hitting heavyweights of all time, just a notch below the quartet of Ali-Frazier-Foreman-Norton, Earnie Shavers.

Enlarge photo 93
93
Cuevas publicity photo

Enlarge photo 94
94
Randall Tex Cobb, a fearsome but not high caliber heavyweight.  Noted more for his witticisms in the ring than for his talent.

Enlarge photo 95
95

Enlarge photo 96
96

Enlarge photo 97
97

Enlarge photo 98
98

Enlarge photo 99
99

Enlarge photo 100
100

Enlarge photo 101
101

Enlarge photo 102
102

Enlarge photo 103
103

Enlarge photo 104
104

Enlarge photo 105
105
A pre-1926 Gene Tunney promotional photo.  5 x 7.

Enlarge photo 106
106
Gene Tunney and Cuco Conde, the Cuban HOF broadcaster.

Enlarge photo 107
107

Enlarge photo 108
108

Enlarge photo 109
109

Enlarge photo 110
110

Enlarge photo 111
111

Enlarge photo 112
112

Enlarge photo 113
113

Enlarge photo 114
114

Enlarge photo 115
115

Enlarge photo 116
116

Enlarge photo 117
117

Enlarge photo 118
118

Enlarge photo 119
119

Enlarge photo 120
120

Enlarge photo 121
121

Enlarge photo 122
122

Enlarge photo 123
123

Enlarge photo 124
124

Enlarge photo 125
125

Enlarge photo 126
126
1990s British television promo photo of Lennox Lewis.

Enlarge photo 127
127
Oscar De La Hoya signed inscribed photo.  What can one say about the Golden Boy?

Enlarge photo 128
128

Enlarge photo 129
129

Enlarge photo 130
130

Enlarge photo 131
131

Enlarge photo 132
132

Enlarge photo 133
133

Enlarge photo 134
134
Ollie Pecord, a referee most famous for handling the 1919 Willard-Dempsey bout.

Enlarge photo 135
135
Frankie Farren. This was the image used on his 1922 Exhibit card

Enlarge photo 136
136

Enlarge photo 137
137

Enlarge photo 138
138

Enlarge photo 139
139

Enlarge photo 140
140

Enlarge photo 141
141

Enlarge photo 142
142

Enlarge photo 143
143

Enlarge photo 144
144

Enlarge photo 145
145

Enlarge photo 146
146

Enlarge photo 147
147

Enlarge photo 148
148

Enlarge photo 149
149

Enlarge photo 150
150

Enlarge photo 151
151

Enlarge photo 152
152

Enlarge photo 153
153

Enlarge photo 154
154

Enlarge photo 155
155

Enlarge photo 156
156

Enlarge photo 157
157

Enlarge photo 158
158
Sugar Ray Robinson tenderizes Randy Turpin's face.

Enlarge photo 159
159

Enlarge photo 160
160

Enlarge photo 161
161

Enlarge photo 162
162

Enlarge photo 163
163

Enlarge photo 164
164

Enlarge photo 165
165

Enlarge photo 166
166

Enlarge photo 167
167

Enlarge photo 168
168

Enlarge photo 169
169

Enlarge photo 170
170

Enlarge photo 171
171

Enlarge photo 172
172

Enlarge photo 173
173

Enlarge photo 174
174

Enlarge photo 175
175

Enlarge photo 176
176

Enlarge photo 177
177

Enlarge photo 178
178

Enlarge photo 179
179

Enlarge photo 180
180

Enlarge photo 181
181

Enlarge photo 182
182

Enlarge photo 183
183

Enlarge photo 184
184

Enlarge photo 185
185

Enlarge photo 186
186

Enlarge photo 187
187

Enlarge photo 188
188

 Select All.  
 Email a Comment
 Your Comment is
 immediately emailed
 to the album owner
Name:   Enter your comment
  
Email: 
Subject: 
 
Album Properties. Email Album. Send Invitation. Share URL