This photograph shows a boxing match in progress. The fighters are Maurice Strickland (NZ, winner) and Alabama Kid (USA, born Clarence Oland Reeves in 1914), and the referee is local ex-champion boxer Geoffrey Watchorn.
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- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_Sp98_008807
- Title
- Boxing Match at Showgrounds, Palmerston North
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- Coolstore
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Creation
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- Unknown
- Place
- Showgrounds, Palmerston North
- Date
- December 26, 1940
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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