willieritchie

This would be as contenders for the world lightweight boxing champion in 1914. He fought Freddie Welsh in 1914 and lost the title to him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Ritchie en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Welsh

Richard Arthur Norton: Thanks for providing additional information about Ritchie. We'll include it next time we update the description.

In another Bain/LOC photo, Willie Ritchie sails with Mrs. Hicks:

Another shot from what seems to be the same photo session, of Ritchie and his entourage:

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4445106967/ for almost identical picture and related info.

Willie Ritchie has other LOC photos in this series. He fought Tommy McFarland in September 1911 according to this site: cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/ritchie.htm

This is really strange because my grandmother, Grace McFarland, divorced and married again becoming Grace Ritchie.

This appears to be Packey (sometimes spelled Packy) McFarland. He did not fight Ritchie. Here is another Bain Collection photo of him from the same session:

I believe you are correct artolog, it does look like Packy McFarland. I will ask for our records to be updated.