July 27, 2024
Tag: Harlem
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They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too
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Jack Dempsey and Sugar Ray Robinson were champion boxers — Dempsey as a heavyweight and Robinson as a middleweight and welterweight. While they fought in different eras of “the sweet science,” their post-fighting paths led them to New York City and the restaurant business.
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June 17, 2021 5 Comments
This story of two Italian lovers during World War I is drawn together with 496 postcards found at a Baltimore postcard show. The couple exchanged cards and letters, pledging eternal love, but they never married.