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Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Jordan speaking with heavyweight boxing champion Willie Ritchie, Tacoma, 1918

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Title: Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Jordan speaking with heavyweight boxing champion Willie Ritchie, Tacoma, 1918
Date Created and/or Issued: 1918
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Jordan speaking with heavyweight boxing champion Willie Ritchie, probably when they were stationed at Camp Lewis. Ritchie was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1918 and he coached boxing. William Henry Jordan had been the star halfback and captain of the Multnomah Athletic Club and coached football at the camp.
Text from negative sleeve: Ritchie, Willie.
Handwritten on negative: Willie Ritchie / Lieut Col. W. H. Jordan
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3726_G4214
ark:/21198/z1nd1t7c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Boxers (Sports)--Washington--Tacoma~|Soldiers--American--Washington--Tacoma
United States. Army
Ritchie, Willie, 1891-1975
Jordan, William Henry, Jr., 1876-1923
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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