Marriage applications completed by the bride and groom contain the names, ages, places of birth, current residences, occupation of groom, if either party had been married before and the results of that union, signatures of applicants, if African-American, and degree of kinship, if any. Parental consent forms, filed with marriage applications, were completed by parent or guardian of under-age applicants and contain the name of parent or guardian, place of current residence, residence of child or ward, and signature of parent or guardian. Files may contain both an application and consent form or forms, an application, or a consent form or forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year and then by application number within that year. Box 2 has additional files for 1895 that were not able to be included in Box 1.
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.
