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DEMPSEY, JACK (1895-1983). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Jack Dempsey"), by Apeda, New York (imprint from negative), n.d. [circa 1915]. 255 x 202 mm. (10 x 8 in.), some minor soiling; matted. A full-length portrait, inscribed on the center of the image: "To Edward Quimby Best Wishes Jack Dempsey."
"Considered the most exciting, the most colorful, the most dynamic, and savage fighter of all, this heavyweight champion (whose best fighting weight was only 188 pounds) was one of the greatest celebrities of the Roaring Twenties"--W.M.
"Considered the most exciting, the most colorful, the most dynamic, and savage fighter of all, this heavyweight champion (whose best fighting weight was only 188 pounds) was one of the greatest celebrities of the Roaring Twenties"--W.M.