Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library

Two views, one of the main dining room of a restaurant, and the other a photograph of boxer Louis 'Kid' Kaplan. The dining room has booths and tables and chairs. There is a spinet piano on the right. Blinds cover the windows in the rear of the room, and a large pedestal fan is in the right rear. In the second image, to the right, Kaplan is pictured in his boxing gloves and shorts. Caption below the image reads: “LOUIS ‘KID' KAPLAN,/ RETIRED WORLD'S UNDEFEATED/ FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION." The reverse of the card reads: "Visit Louis 'Kid' Kaplan at His Restaurant, Corner Church and Trumbull, Hartford, Conn."

Postcard is one of the items in the Richard Mahoney Collection, which contains postcards depicting Hartford and the surrounding areas. Dating is generally based on information from secondary sources regarding publisher history, building history, or postmark.

1935 - 1952

Hartford (Conn.)

Boxers
Restaurants

postcards

Source extent: 1 postcard : black and white

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