Bain News Service,, publisher.
[South African boxer Fred] Storbeck
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards, with additional bracketed information from the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA,
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at
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Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11065
Call Number: LC-B2- 2470-3
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The athletic body before steroids?
Rodrigo Perez
In December 1911, William Thomas Wells fought Fred Storbeck at Covent Garden for the British Empire Heavyweight Title, scoring a knockout in the eleventh round to gain his second title in one year.
whyaduck
Fred Storbeck (1889-1970) was a South African heavyweight. Most of his career he fought in the U.K., in Australia, or in his native country. Here's his bout list page at boxer.com. The only American fight listed is his July 8, 1912 bout against Jim Stewart at Madison Square Garden (Storbeck lost.) My guess would be that this photo probably dates from that time.
In Memoriam: budderflyman
Kinda looks like Paul Storbeck who taught English at Purdue in the sixties.
The hills are alive*
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mikescottnz
Great vintage.
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