Man in Native American costume standing with arms raised standing by a body of water. Written underneath image: "J. E. Vandersloot". Real photo postcard.
"still at James weather very bad hope it is better at your place Want to go home about the 27or 28 hope you are both well Love to both Aunt Lou write home"
"Dear Friend, Was glad to hear from you once again. Yesterday was my day off so I did not get your letter until in the eve as I went to a large and sad funeral. he was just a young boy 18 years old he had blood poison and lock jaw. His name was Lester Knipe. You wondered if it was the same , yes it is I do not know how long they will stay. Sara"
Tommy Kluth. From letter dated March 27, 1967. Written on front: "to my friend Johnny Hauck, a man I am proud to know. With all best wishes, Tommy Kluth".
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Leo Lomski, also known as the Aberdeen Assassin. Real photo postcard.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Leo Lomski, also known as the Aberdeen Assassin. Real photo postcard.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Leon Lucas, amateur light heavyweight champion of U. S. A., 1928.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
In 1922 Jack McCarron and Jackie Clark, both of Allentown, were among the nation's outstanding middleweight boxers. here they are, McCarron the left, Clark on the right. In the middle is Charlie Ettinger, who was their manager. The picture was taken on the Boston State House steps in May 1922. That night McCarron boxed Tommy Robson and Clark boxed Pal Reed.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Photograph from a letter from John "Buck" Magnelli dated May 11, 1965. Note attached to photograph: "This picture was taken on Easter Sunday, 1925; Billy is on the right. The two little fellows are my cousins. Both college graduates. One on the left Frank Corsetti now working for the government, and Louis Corsetti teaching at Duquesne University."
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Photograph from a letter from John "Buck" Magnelli dated May 11, 1965. Note attached to photograph: "This is the ring in Billy's back yard. It's an action picture of Billy and I. Billy is on the right, with white trunks."
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Photograph from a letter from John "Buck" Magnelli dated May 11, 1965. Note attached to photograph: "Billy and I shaking hands before boxing. Billy is on the right."
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Gene Tunney, right, and Osk Till in the ring at Saratoga Springs, NY, in 1926.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
From letter from John "Buck" Magnelli dated May 11, 1965: "Reading left to right, Joe Zink, who was in the Marines, Don Conners, me and Billy. 1925"
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
Taken at Atlantic City, NJ, 1926. Second from left is Walter Gebhart, Secretary of the Lancaster Old Time Boxers. 6th from left - the late Eddie Dempsey - the Philadelphia scrappy welterweight. 7th Mrs. Mat Adgie. 8th Mat Adgie - the West Philadelphia Fighting Ice Man.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Hauck Collection. Hauck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Hauck. The Haucks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
