About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0134
  • TitlePillow fight
  • SummaryTwo boys boxing in ring; crowd of onlookers behind ropes and photographer crouching in corner of ring. Caption: "Pillow fight!: It doesn't look as if much damage could be done with those extra-size gloves, but John Sturgess, left, winces as he catches one on the side of the head. Delivery was by Julius Anderson, who seems to have all the better of it in reach. Anderson won bout, one of 15 finals staged last night at Navy Yard Boys Club."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped : Sep. 25, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp ; "Eagle photos by Senko." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boxing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Social Welfare: Boys Clubs: Navy Yard: Children: Boxing