December 15, 2025
Tag: Sugar Ray Robinson
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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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October 13, 2024 6 Comments
Dover Publications is a well-known name in the publishing industry, but not so much in the postcard world. The business model at Dover mined the public domain and brought much early 20th century graphic arts to modern postcards. We should be grateful – most movie posters never appeared on postcards.