Cabinet Photos - Boxing Edition

[G1911]

I'll break the rules already, since it's the most famous set of boxing cabinets, but of course T9's are not actually "cabinet cards", they're just big. Picked up this Langford recently, with the rare no-ordering info on back variation. It's.... my favorite picture I own of a man in his underwear?

[Exhibitman]

I think they'd technically be trade cards?

When I see this Joe Gans cabinet:



I always think of this:

[G1911]

We've talked about it before, but I love Kung-Fu Gans. Just a great image.

And here is a Corbett I got in a couple months ago after I bought a sweet looking Jackson from a member here who was kind enough to pass it along to my collection. Corbett seems to fit the Sullivan theme best

[GasHouseGang]

Here's a different Newsboy "Gentleman Jim" Corbett cabinet.

[G1911]

The one I posted seems to be the most 'common' of his Newsboys. I like the suit image

[G1911]

And here's another recent one I got for, I think, a bargain. Ben Hogan was a famed scalawag of the west. He was or claimed to have been a spy for the Union, a spy for the confederates, a pirate, a an owner of many boomtown brothels (which apparently could make one rather famous), circus strongman, riverboat gambler, criminal, and the 'baddest man in the world'. He was also a prize fighter and apparently a pretty good one in that time who beat many local 'champions' around the west. I can't imagine his style was particularly scientific. He later found the Lord, reformed himself, and became a popular speaker on subjects of faith and living properly for many years. This is Hogan during that final period of redemption.

[Writehooks]

Two of Luther McCarty, winner of the first World White Heavyweight Championship, who was killed in the opening round of his 1913 title defense against Arthur Pelkey in Calgary, Canada.

[Exhibitman]

A Sarony Corbett:



Another nice sharp one:



Nice little Corbett CDV here: