With the United States engaged in World War I in 1917 and 1918, training in boxing was seen as important both to prepare troops for combat and to boost morale and provide entertainment at stateside military camps and stations. The Army made boxing a regular training exercise while the Navy emphasized boxing as entertainment.
In this image members of the boxing squad at the University of Washington Naval Training Station in Seattle pose together in front of the athletic training facility.
Caption information source: "Boxing for Combat and Entertainment During and After World War I," by Duane Colt Denfeld, HistoryLink.org Essay 20475 Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.233.10.08
Date: 1918
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
