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Title
Group of boxers and their fans, pictured in front of Billy Shannon's Villa, San Rafael, California, circa 1910 [photograph]
Creator
unknown
Contributor
Polland, Walter Scott, 1904-1982
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
Publication Information
Marin County Free Library. Anne T. Kent California Room
Contributing Institution
Marin County Free Library
Collection
Boxing - Billy Shannon's Villa, San Rafael, c.1895-1912
Rights Information
unknown
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Description
Pictured are ten men in front of Billy Shannon's Villa, in San Rafael, California, circa 1910. From about 1906 to 1914, Shannon's Villa was a saloon and training facility located on a triangular lot at the west end of 4th Street. Shannon was a former amateur lightweight champion who later turned professional. He operated the Villa as a combination restaurant-bar and training camp, which held a small ring featuring popular exhibition prizefights. Pictured, standing left to right, are: Grant Gorman; Billy Shannon; and George Sharkey. Pictured, seated left to right, are: George Schrieder; Ben Smith; Bob Shand; Van Gorman; George Proctor; Frankie Burns; and Frankie Smith.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
Identifier
csrcl_256
259.001.003
ark:/13030/kt2p3023xb
http://contentdm.marinlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17213coll1/id/14
Language
English
Subject
Boxers
Boxing
Saloons
Gymnasiums
Gorman, Grant
Shannon, Billy
Sharkey, George
Schrieder, George
Smith, Ben
Shand, Bob
Gorman, Van
Proctor, George
Burns, Frankie
Smith, Frankie
San Rafael (Calif.)
Marin County (Calif.)
Source
Photograph from folio [3];The Country Club -- Bear Valley, Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library (Call number A. 203.001.003).
Relation
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0q2nc5z2
http://marinlibrary.org/californiaroom

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