Sammy Luftspring and Jack "Spider" Armstrong playfully boxing

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1935

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Jack "Spider" Armstrong was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but he made Toronto his home. He became the featherweight chamption of the world in 1940. He died in 1990.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy and Jack "Spider" Armstrong play-boxing at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary while on a boxing tour.

Notes

Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Armstrong, Jack

Fairmont Palliser Hotel (Calgary, Alta.)

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Calgary (Alta.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions