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Basketball game spectators, c. 1955
Spectators watch a basketball game from the bleachers. Two people in the bleachers watch from behind a table with a control panel, perhaps for the score board. -
Max and Buddy Baer laughing in boxing ring, c. 1934
Boxers Max and Buddy Baer wearing suits embrace while laughing in a boxing ring. Spectators watch the two men from bleachers in the background.
Maximilian Adelbert Baer Sr. (1909-1959) started boxing in 1929. In 1933, he defeated Hitler's favorite boxer, German Max Schmeling; Baer, whose father was Jewish, and began wearing a large Star of David on his shorts during fights, in solidarity with the Jews' situation. He was the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935 and retired from boxing in 1941. During and after his boxing career, he appeared in more than 15 films, appeared on stage in comedy acts, and was featured in many television guest appearances. He was the brother of heavyweight boxing contender Jacob Henry "Buddy" Baer and father of actor and producer Max Baer Jr. (Jethro Bodine on the The Beverly Hillbillies), and was added to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1968. Baer frequently trained and gave exhibitions in Miami.Tags Sports spectators -
Max and Buddy Baer boxing in suits, c. 1935
Boxers Max and Buddy Baer wearing suits demonstrate boxing moves with a crowd watching from bleachers.
Maximilian Adelbert Baer Sr. (1909-1959) started boxing in 1929. In 1933, he defeated Hitler's favorite boxer, German Max Schmeling; Baer, whose father was Jewish, and began wearing a large Star of David on his shorts during fights, in solidarity with the Jews' situation. He was the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935 and retired from boxing in 1941. During and after his boxing career, he appeared in more than 15 films, appeared on stage in comedy acts, and was featured in many television guest appearances. He was the brother of heavyweight boxing contender Jacob Henry "Buddy" Baer and father of actor and producer Max Baer Jr. (Jethro Bodine on the The Beverly Hillbillies), and was added to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1968. Baer frequently trained and gave exhibitions in Miami. -
Curt Schroeder Jr. in decorated car with dogs, c. 1925
Young man, Curt Schroeder Jr., at the wheel of a car with two dogs. Written on side, partially legible: Basket ball ___ Lake Worth vs. Stuart. Support Team."