ESCO Boxing Exhibit Cards Collection

This collection includes more than 300 exhibit cards featuring images of boxers. Cards are the size of postcards. The fronts of most cards contain an image of a boxer with his name and sometimes other information like hometown, nicknames, etc. The backs of cards from the 1920s often contain short bios and/or selected match results, and many have a postcard back for mailing. Some of the cards from the 1920s are tinted in different colors. Many cards, especially those printed after 1928, contain no information about the year of publication and have blank backs. Formats include boxing cards, collecting cards, and photographic postcards.

Metadata

Date: 1921-1960s
Material Type: Mixed Materials
Genre/Physical Characteristic: collecting cards
Dimensions: 1 document case (letter size); 1 half document case (letter size)
Language: English
Identifier: /repositories/3/resources/2503
Campus Location: Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries
Conditions Governing Access: There are no access restrictions on this collection
Conditions Governing Use: Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user
Subject: Boxers (Sports); Boxing -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Boxing cards
Link to Finding Aid: https://archivesspace.library.nd.edu/repositories/3/resources/2503; This digital collection may not include all items or all of the information available about the source collection. See the finding aid for more information.
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