BOXING POSTER

H1989.540

Card poster advertising: "HERB BISHOP / FORMER FEATHERWEIGHT AND LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION OF AUSTRALIA AND PRESENT JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF AUSTRALIA / WHO FIGHTS MICK LEONARD / QUEENSLAND'S LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION / AT THE KALGOORLIE TOWN HALL", blue poster paint, hand written on card. "SATURDAY JUNE 18". Red print on white paper, stuck at base. Cut out newspaper and magazine articles relating to Herbal Bishop's previous fights stuck on card. One a front cover of "The Australian Boxing Ring", dated Jan 10 1934.

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	H1989.540
Accession Date:	21 Apr 1989

Material

Paper/Paper	paper, card, poster paint	0 - Whole

Card/Paper	0 - Whole

Measurement

length	640mm

width	510mm

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