Dempsey by Knockout Frame Color:Black Coast Guard photographer

Coast Guard photographer

particularly Owens (1913-1980)

About six months before the 1964 New York World's Fair opened

the breadth of his interest seemed to include everything under the sun

Straight from The Times archives

Dempsey by Knockout Frame Color:Black Coast Guard photographerHeavyweight champion Jack Dempsey prowls the ring as the referee counts out Georges Carpentier on July 2, 1921, in one of the first bouts named "Fight of the Century." The next day The Times front page banner headline declared, "Dempsey Knocks Out Carpentier in the Fourth Round; Challenger Breaks His Thumb Against Champions Jaw; Record Crowd of 90,000 Orderly and Well Handled." The fight took place at Tex Rickard's stadium in Jersey City, N. J., but