wolgast

10 photos tagged wolgast, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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Bryan Bruchman said:
wow, amazing!
simon yang i312 said:
nice picture of Adolph Wolgast, "Michigan Wildcat"
Receptive Bit said:
It reminds me Japaness cartoon 'The Champion'. This is real American Boxxing!!
Harry Angstrom said:
The fight took place in San Francisco, which ties in with the Cana Studio tag noted above and visible in the photo as embossed letters.
The Library of Congress said:
Your information will make all 3 photos of this fight easier to find in the future! We'll add the first name and fight info to each image, though likely to go with Colma, CA, since Cyber Boxing Zone gives that place name for the Wolgast-Ritchie fight on Nov. 28. (Looks like they fought on May 11 in San Franciso.) cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/wolgast.htm Further checking: Boxing record lists Daly City, CA (neighbor to both Colma and San Francisco) for the fight's location, www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=42487&cat=boxer. Might go with "San Francisco area" for now!

BobMeade said:
Wolgast is Adolph "Ad" Wolgast. The right hand side of this headstone indicates the grave of boxer Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey Using the persistent URL above and then downloading the uncompressed TIFF, the text on the right hand side reads: "JOHN E. DEMPSEY DIED Nov. 1, 1896 AGED 32Yrs. 1Mo." Here is a relatively recent comparison pic: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GRid=14954...; from Find A grave: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14954727 According to wikipedia here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(Nonpareil)_Dempsey there was a bit of a to do about the erection of an appropriate memorial stone over his grave. More about the boxer here: www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/non-jack.htm Of course he is not to be confused with the other boxing Jack Dempsey.

BobMeade said:
That's "Ad" Wolgast, "Ad" short for Adolph. He became lightweight boxing champion of the world in 1910: www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,861392,00.html See more Wolgast pics here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2449486430/ www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2536796784/
Richard Norton said:
Adolphus Wolgast (February 8, 1888 in Cadillac, Michigan – April 14, 1955 in Camarillo, California) was a world lightweight boxing champion. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Wolgast