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122 photos and 2 illustrations tagged boxers, from 14 members of Flickr Commons.

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• boxer
• bainnewsservice
• 1910s
• sports
• queensland
• boxinggloves
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• state
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• georgescarpentier
• carpentier
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• aviators
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• sport
• georgegranthambaincollection
• alberta
• canada
• men
• shorts

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• The Library of Congress 86 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 13 photos & illustrations
• Provincial Archives of Alberta 8 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 3 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• Center for Jewish History, NYC 2 photos & illustrations
• Université de Caen Normandie 2 photos & illustrations
• British Library 2 photos & illustrations
• Museum of Hartlepool 1 photo / illustration
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 1 photo / illustration
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo / illustration

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Carpentier & wife (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

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• swanq said:

  George Carpentier's wife is the former Georgette Elasaser. www.britishpathe.com/video/carpentier-married/query/WEDDI... suggests they were married in Paris on March 11, 1920

• Anne (LOC P&P) said:

  swanq: Thanks. We will add more details to the Carpentier descriptions next time we update.

Carpentier (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

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• Art Siegel said:

  

Boxer Ron Richard at a railway station, Brisbane 1947

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Ron Richards (8 May 1910 – 14 January 1967 (aged 56)) born Ranold/Randell William Richards in Ipswich, Queensland was an Indigenous Australian professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s who won the Queensland State (Australia) heavyweight title, Australian middleweight title, Australian heavyweight title, Australian light heavyweight title, and British Empire middleweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 151 lb (68 kg; 10 st 11 lb), i.e. middleweight to 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb), i.e. light heavyweight.[1] He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Richards_(boxer)

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Ron (Ranald) RichardsPrint Page Print this page The plaque commemorates Aboriginal boxer, Ron Richards. Ron (Ranald) Richards (1910-1967) was the holder of six boxing titles (middleweight and heavyweight). Ron Richards learned his craft in the fighting tents and was famous for his speed, toughness, and counterpunching. He retired from boxing in 1945 having amassed a ring career in excess of 140 fights and more than 60 knockout victories. He was ranked number three in both middleweight and light-heavyweight in 1938. Richards was inducted into the Queensland Indigenous Sporting Hall of Fame in 2010 and into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. Ron was a resident of Purga Mission. Source: monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/indigenous/display...