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Reno,NV - Washoe County - 1910 - Street Scene Before the Fight Photograph :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Reno,NV - Washoe County - 1910 - Street Scene Before the Fight Photograph :
Crowded street scene of July 3, 1910 downtown Reno the day before the Johnson/Jeffries fight. Hundreds of people mobbed the street on foot, in automobiles and electric street cars. The atmosphere is busy and circus-like. Photo measures 16" x 13." It has some nicks at the bottom and all four corners are cropped. Mounted in a weathered black wooden frame measuring 22" x 18." This real rare photo captures the Hotel Golden and the Johnson Club among other businesses along the bustling street. Many of the men and women seem to be lined up for the hotels, while others are milling along the sidewalks in anticipation of what had been advertised as the greatest fight in history. A banner hangs high above and across the street advertising "James E. Pepper Whisky" as sponser of the fight.