Middleweight champion expert rope skipper. Washington D.C. July 16. Rope skipping plays an important part in the training program of middleweight champion Freddied Steele, as he prepares for his coming battle on July 20 with Hobo Williams at Griffith Stadium. The championship will be at stake in the
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"Middleweight champion expert rope skipper. Washington D.C. July 16. Rope skipping plays an important part in the training program of middleweight champion Freddied Steele, as he prepares for his coming battle on July 20 with Hobo Williams at Griffith Stadium. The championship will be at stake in the" (1937). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Middleweight_champion_expert_rope_skipper._Washington_D.C._July_16._Rope_skipping_plays_an_important_part_in_the_training_program_of_middleweight_champion_Freddied_Steele,_as_he_prepares_for_LCCN2016872016.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 288557.
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