A Trinity selection / Original period material
A boxing scrapbook. Photographs and newsprint from the 1920s.
Old photographs. Uneven newsprint.
A craft that still deserves proper instruction.
A modern scrapbook of the boxing world that came before us. The photographs and newspaper clipping below are genuine archival material, with their original source records. They are not photographs of Trinity’s gyms and do not claim Trinity was operating in the 1920s.
Plate I · Authentic archival photograph
A posed portrait of Gene Tunney with his championship belt. The Library of Congress dates the record “c1926.” and credits the photograph to Kraus Mfg. Co.; the catalogue cautions that its old caption-card information is unverified.
View the original archive record ↗A page from the old world
An old boxer’s portrait asks you to look a little longer. The face. The posture. The way he carries himself.
A still photograph can’t teach you the whole craft. But it can remind you that boxing deserves more than a casual glance.
We keep that respect for the craft at Trinity. The teaching happens today, at Vesey Street and Duane Street. The history on this page belongs to the original archive.
Learn the craft at Trinity →The person beyond the fighter
The archive caught Jack Dempsey with his wife Estelle—not in a ring, but in their ordinary clothes. A fighter is more than the rounds people remember.
At Trinity, you bring a whole life through the door. Work, family, whatever is on your mind. You don’t have to turn into somebody else to learn how to box.
Catalogue date labels and their qualifications are retained. We haven’t turned a publication or approximate catalogue date into an invented exposure date.
Plate II · Authentic archival photograph
Jack Dempsey poses with his wife Estelle. The Library of Congress catalogue gives “5/6/25,” qualified as a date created or published later by Bain. Original negative markings are retained; this is not a Trinity gym photograph.
View the original archive record ↗Plate III · Original newspaper clipping
Original ink.
Original reporting.
An original boxing column from The Washington Daily News, Washington, D.C. It discusses Harry Wills’s legal challenge and Dempsey’s planned Firpo bout. This is a cropped excerpt of page 1, not reporting of the later fight result.
View the original archive record ↗Authentic newsprint
September 10, 1923 · Page 1, edition 3
An original boxing column from The Washington Daily News, Washington, D.C. It discusses Harry Wills’s legal challenge and Dempsey’s planned Firpo bout. This is a cropped excerpt of page 1, not reporting of the later fight result.
This is the complete boxing column cropped from the original digitized page—not a made-up Trinity newspaper. Open the archive record to read the full page.
This period article reports the refusal to fight Harry Wills and uses dated racial language. It is included as a historical record, not a statement of Trinity’s values. Our community is for our neighbors.
Trinity’s present-day notes appear separately below.
New words. Old-paper setting.
Trinity editorial.
Written today.
These are newly written Trinity boxing notes, set like old newspaper clippings. They are not quotations or transcriptions from a 1920s newspaper.
Trinity corner notes · No. I
A punch starts on the floor. Learn where your feet belong before you worry about where your fist is going. Fancy comes later. Balance comes first.
Present-day Trinity editorial · Period-style typesettingTrinity corner notes · No. II
Hands up. Chin down. Listen to the person teaching you. The simple things don’t stop mattering just because you’ve learned a few complicated ones.
Present-day Trinity editorial · Period-style typesettingTrinity corner notes · No. III
Composure is part of the lesson. So is knowing when to stop, listen, and ask a question. We’re here to teach you how to box—not to prove how much punishment you can take.
Present-day Trinity editorial · Period-style typesettingFrom still paper to moving pictures
Period originals.
Press play when you’re ready.
A little movement. A little music. Original period media, with its dates and source records—not modern footage dressed up as history, and not recordings of Trinity’s gyms.
The page stays quiet until you press play. Starting one recording pauses the other.
Charles Sheeler & Paul Strand · via Wikimedia Commons / Internet Archive
Silent excerpt · 2 minutes · original picture
New York before our time. The original opening of Manhatta moves from its filmmaker credits to the waterfront, a ferry landing, and crowds coming ashore. It is a city portrait—not a boxing bout, and not footage of a Trinity gym.
Silent film: no spoken dialogue or added score. Original English intertitles are retained. The text above describes the excerpt; the archive link opens the full film. The separate record beside it is not the film’s original soundtrack.
Watch at the original archive ↗Original film: 1921. This is the opening 00:00–02:00 of the source digitization, not a newly filmed reconstruction.
The source file identifies the original 1921 film as public domain in the United States. This two-minute MP4 excerpt retains its original sequence and frame proportions; the digitization’s audio stream is omitted. The preview still is a genuine frame from the same film. No claim is made of worldwide rights clearance.
Read the original rights information ↗Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra · Victor 18920A · via Wikimedia Commons
Original dance-band record · about 3 min 13 sec
A genuine 1922 dance-band instrumental from a Victor disc. The old recording has its own character; we haven’t layered on fake crackle, a modern performance, or a made-up vintage announcer.
Instrumental music: no lyrics or spoken narration to transcribe. Press play for the full record. This is period atmosphere selected today, not a recording made at Trinity or Manhatta’s original score.
Listen at the original archive ↗Recorded June 23, 1922. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, Victor 18920A. The catalogue date belongs to the original performance, not this modern MP3 transfer.
The source file identifies this U.S. sound recording as public domain in the United States under the Classics Protection and Access Act. The historical recording is preserved in a browser-compatible MP3 transfer. Trinity’s © applies to the new editorial text and presentation, not the archival music; no worldwide rights claim is made.
Read the original rights information ↗© 2026 Trinity Boxing Club for the new editorial descriptions and presentation. Original recordings and films retain the rights designations credited above.
The source ledger
Catalogue date: c1926. · Kraus Mfg. Co. / Library of Congress
The Library of Congress item record states “No known restrictions on publication.” Its old caption-card information is marked unverified; the original record and rights guidance are linked here.
Original source ↗ · Source rights information ↗1925 · Bain catalogue date: 5/6/25 · Bain News Service / Library of Congress
The Library of Congress item record states “No known restrictions on publication” and directs readers to the George Grantham Bain Collection rights information.
Original source ↗ · Source rights information ↗September 10, 1923 · Page 1, edition 3 · The Washington Daily News / Library of Congress
Library of Congress Rights & Access identifies Chronicling America newspapers as public domain or without known copyright restrictions, and U.S. newspapers published more than 95 years ago as public domain. This newspaper was published in 1923; see the original page’s rights statement.
Original source ↗ · Source rights information ↗© 2026 Trinity Boxing Club for the new editorial text and site design. Archival photographs and newsprint retain their original source rights designation; Trinity does not claim a new copyright over public-domain originals.
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