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“Ritchie wears boxing gloves, and Miss Grant does not. She is smiling as she lands a punch on his jaw.”

Late 1918, Willie Ritchie and a lady engaged in a playful boxing stance – Text and photo: Washington State Historical Society

Note: Willie Ritchie was the boxing lightweight king of the world from 1912 to 1914. When the United States entered WW1, he joined the army and served as an athletic instructor. Boxing in San Francisco

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