United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.155741927-07-15Handbill for boxing matches at the African American Strand Theatre in Albany, Georgia, to take place July 15, 1927?. The flier advertises matches between Texas Tanner and Cyclone Davis, Fighting Harrison and Jack Blackburn, Kid Scaby and Straigh 8 [sic] Davis, and Bee Jackson and Kid Mitchell. The handbill promises one of the best matches ever seen in Albany.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.text/htmlimage/jpegdbr009enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 19, folder 157, document 1.African American boxersBoxing matches--Georgia--AlbanyBoxers--Georgia--MaconBoxing--Georgia--AlbanyEntertainment events--Georgia--AlbanyAdvertising fliers--Georgia--AlbanyBoxing--Posters--Georgia--AlbanySpecial events--MarketingSports promoters--Georgia--AlbanyArenas--Georgia--AlbanySaunders, R. W.Strand Theatre (Albany, Ga.)Handbill for boxing matches at the Strand Theatre, Albany, Ga., possibly 1927 July 15Text