A few nice celebrity news images I found:
These are useful and collceted by I!
Refinement :
Johnson – Flynn contest (LOC) Johnson – Flynn contest [1912 July 4] (date created or published later by Bain) 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11306 Call Number: LC-B2- 2498-1
The Library of Congress
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Photographer name within the image: "D.W.A. photo- 144."
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date based on 1910 copyright date for the corresponding print in LOT 10817.
Photo shows boxers Jack Johnson (1878-1946) and Jim Flynn (1879-1935) (born Andrew Chiariglione) in the ring at Las Vegas, New Mexico, July 4, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008, 2009)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
June 26th, 2012 at 12:11 am
Jack Johnson & Jim Flynn fought for the heavyweight championship on July 4, 1912 in Las Vegas, NV. Some, apparently, were not ready for desegregated boxing:
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05EFDE113AE633A…
Some even thought it might mean the boxing itself:
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A06E0D91231E233A…
June 26th, 2012 at 12:57 am
Jim Flynn bio complete with video clips of his fight with Johnson!
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/flynn-j.htm
June 26th, 2012 at 1:18 am
Jack Johnson bio:
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jjohn.htm
He died in my hometown!