Gravestone - Stanley Ketchel (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Gravestone - Stanley Ketchel
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
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.11869
Call Number: LC-B2- 2556-9
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Harry Angstrom (52 months ago | reply)
Below is a link to a Wikipedia article on Ketchel.
Of note:
1) he was a famous champion boxer, nickname: "Michigan Assassin".
2) he was the subject of the short story "The Light of the World" by Ernest Hemingway.
3) he was murdered!
4) he was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
5) he was VERY devoted to his mother (note the gravestone comment and the reference to his mother in the Wikipedia article).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Ketchel
The Hemingway story: #38 in this collection:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Column_and_th e_First_Fort...
whyaduck (52 months ago | reply)
Here's a photo of Stanley Ketchel himself, from the Bain collection.
( Jennifer ), bitsorf 818,000 visits, Thanks much!, and hedderbox added this photo to their favorites.