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At fight (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• David Pirmann said:

  Date on one photo of 7/2/21 indicates that "the fight" is this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dempsey_vs._Georges_Carpentier

• swanq said:

  For location, see

At fight (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• David Pirmann said:

  Date on one photo of 7/2/21 indicates that "the fight" is this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dempsey_vs._Georges_Carpentier

• swanq said:

  For location, see

Crowd in fight arena (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyle's_Thirty_Acres "Boyle's Thirty Acres was a large wooden bowl arena in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was built specifically for the world heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey of the United States and Georges Carpentier of France on July 2, 1921. It held approximately 80,000 fans and was built at a cost of $250,000. It was situated around Montgomery Street and Cornelison Avenue, on a plot of marshland owned by John F. Boyle."

• swanq said:

  The fight promoter who built the arena was Tex Rickard. See

• swanq said:

  For more on the fight, see web.archive.org/web/20150620113105/http://www.njcu.edu/pr... and many more LoC pictures (by F.C. Quimby) at www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b35134/ www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b35133/ www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3a51258/ www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b35137/ and www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/coll/item/2005695543/

• Anne (LOC P&P) said:

  Swanq: Thanks! We will add this information to our descriptions next time we update.