Welterweight Champion

Title

Welterweight Champion

Subject

Sports

Description

This Omaha Star clipping shows a welterweight boxing champ posing. The man’s last name appears to be Jakes, and is hand-dated from 1950. The clipping does not provide any more contextual information.

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Creator

Omaha Star

Source

Native Omaha Days, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011

Publisher

Omaha Star

Date

1950

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Format

still image

Type

image

Coverage

Omaha (Neb.)

Original Format

newspaper clipping

Files

nom_native_omaha_days_0083.jpg

Collection

Citation

Omaha Star, “Welterweight Champion,” History Harvest, accessed November 2, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/150.

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