About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0135
  • TitleSquaring off
  • SummaryTwo boys in boxing gloves facing each other in office; man in suit crouching behind them to offer advice. Caption: "Squaring off: John Sturgess of 393 Dean St., left, and Joseph J. Tabbs, Jr. of 190 York St., both 8 and challengers for the 'underweight' of the world at the Navy Yard Boys Club, 193 York St., on Sept. 24, practice their best blows before County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz, a sponsor of the club's youth program."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 9, 1954 ; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • 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