Warnes (Middleweight) (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    Warnes (Middleweight)

    [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    Photo shows Rueben Charles "Rube" Warnes (1875-1961), British middleweight boxer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Subjects:
     Boxing

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09320

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2211-5

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      heartinacircle, hepburn337, snailbooty, Oláh, Gergely Máté (OGM), and 5 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Pixel Wrangler (30 months ago | reply)

      Rueben Charles "Rube" Warnes (1875-1961), Great Britain middleweight boxer (75kg) with Lynn Amateur Boxing Club ("ABC"). Rube won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympic Games in London. [1]

      He went onto win five Amateur Boxing Association of England ("ABA") National titles (1899, 1901, 1903) with Lynn ABC and one each with Gainsford ABC (1907) and Surrey Commercial Docks ABC (1910). [2]

      Rube, along with other boxers from the ABA, competed at Madison Square Garden, May 19-20, 1911. [3]

      There is an additional LOC photo of Rube Warnes on Flickr here.

    3. Ryan (LOC P&P) (30 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for the great links, Pixel Wrangler. We'll fill in his name the next time we update this record. The additional photo you cite shows the group of boxers and has a great link to a NYTimes archived article.

    4. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (23 months ago | reply)

      Taken same day and same place:


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      laurent dochy and beegilmore added this photo to their favorites.

    6. united9908 (4 months ago | reply)

      Hi there I am the great great Grandson of Rube Warnes, Im trying to gather as much information as possible about him, is there anything else you could tell me? Or where I could find out.

      Regards

      George

    7. Pixel Wrangler (3 months ago | reply)

      Keeping the tradition alive, Anthony Ogogo, Great Britain middleweight boxer (75kg) with the Triple A Amateur Boxing Club, Lowestoft, won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. [1]

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      Michael1624 added this photo to his favorites. (2 months ago)

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