Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Historical Manuscripts
From the Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection. Photocopy of a photograph of Jake Kilrain. From John L. Sullivan and His America, by Michael T. Isenberg.
From the Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection. Photocopy of a handwritten letter from John Sullivan to Jake Kilrain, dated 7 December 1888. Sullivan challenges Kilrain to a fight.
7 December 1888
From the Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection. Photocopy of a photograph by Thomas Pye of the Sullivan-Kilrain fight; 8 July 1889.
8 July 1889
From the Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection. Photocopy of a photograph of John L. Sullivan. From John L. Sullivan and His America, by Michael T. Isenberg. Caption reads, "John Wood's photograph of Sullivan, probably the most popular picture ever taken of the champion."
1885