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That's how I would imagine someone named 'Ivan Matutoff' would look like...

Ivan Mamutoff, the cossack, wrestled at Madison Square Garden on March 10, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0DEFDC133EE7...

But Mamutoff was in the news already in November, 1913, a few weeks before the Bain News Agency circulated this photo to its subscribers. Story in the "New York Evening Telegram," November 13, 1913: RUSSIAN GIANT WRESTLER HERE; HOPES TO MEET GOTCH Ivan Mamutoff of St. Petersburg, a Russian soldier of the Tsar's bodyguard and an expert wrestler, arrived here today on board the steamship Ryndam, having secured a special leave of absence of six months for a tour of the United States and Canada, during which he is desirous of meeting the world's champion wrestler, Frank Gotch. Manutoff is thirty-one years old, six feet four inches in height, and weighs 245 pounds. Four years ago he threw Geoge Hackenschmidt and Johan Kock in Graeco-Roman matches. (In the photo above, Mamutoff is posed before a weirdly-painted backdrop that appears to be leaning against a wall -- perhaps in a photographer's studio?)

I've checked the Ellis Island immigration records for Mamutoff and likely variations and cannot ID his entry there. Here's a pretty good photo: wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f...

I started a Wikipedia entry for him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mamutoff

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Spectacular photo! Now leads en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powwow Thanks for posting these!

Thank you, Pete! Susannah Smithsonian Institution Archives