This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.
This is a picture of a boxing scrapbook from the early 20th century.

For Sale: Personal Boxing Scrapbook from the early 20th century.

$199.00

No Date (approx. 1913). Good boards that show typical wear for an item like this. Spine loose but intact.

100 pages. 100% complete. No pictures / content missing, clipped or torn. Scarce thus. Pages yellowed from the acidic newsprint as usual with any scrapbooks. Author’s name on ffep.

An amazing piece from an amateur boxing historian covering not only the early 20th century national scene but also the New England region. To me, this is also a terrific piece of Americana / outsider art.

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Description

From a dated note (June 2006) laid-in to this amazing, personal scrapbook:

This is a scrapbook kept by my father (born in 1895) while a young man. His name was Daniel Wilkie O’Brien and was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The Family moved to Manchester, NH when my father was 4 or 5 and lived in Manchaster or locally until their deaths.

My Father served with the Yankee Division in WW1 and the US Navy in WW2. He died in Candia, NH, in 1981 and was buried locally.

— Harry O’Brien (his son).

In Mr. O’Brien’s hand: “Boxing Notes / In a sensational battle Jim Jeffries defeated Bob Fitzsimmons in eight rounds on July 25, 1902, at San Francisco. After being knocked out by Jeff., Fitzsimmons arose and throughing [sic] his gloves into the crowd exclaimed, “this is my last fight.” So begins this extraordinary personal scrapbook by the boxing enthusiast / amateur journalist Daniel Wilkie O’Brien. In both his hand and through carefully clipped newspaper articles, O’Brien covers both professional and amateur boxing beginning in 1910 and through 1913.Various notes throughout this journal, this being just one example: “On the eve of his battle with Freddie Welsh, Ad Wolgast was stricken with appendicitis and rushed to the hospital. Willie Ritchie was substituted for Ad and surprised the fans by battling Welsh to a draw.”

Most newspaper articles without titles are annotated in O’Brien’s hand. I’ve handled my fair share of scrapbooks, but I’ve never really handled one with this kind of historic significance — as well as being 100% complete.

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Weight .5 lbs
Dimensions 12 × 12 × 2 in

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