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RVNH40409 Jack Dempsey

FILES

RVNH40409.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

RVNH40409 Jack Dempsey

Description

Jack Dempsey aboard the Pocahontas after refereeing a wrestling match at the Roanoke Auditorium. Dempsey was boxing heavyweight champ from 1919-1926.

Creator

unknown

Source

N&W Magazine
The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s

Publisher

Roanoke Public Libraries

Date

January 1941

Rights

Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.

Format

Digital Image

Type

Still Image

Identifier

RVNH40409

Citation

unknown, “RVNH40409 Jack Dempsey,” Virginia Room Digital Collection, accessed July 22, 2024, http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/document/RVNH40409.