
WWI A.E.F. Air Service Boxing broadside & match ticket, 2nd Aviation Instruction Center, Tours, France
Large orange broadside poster, 32 x 24 inches, promoting the “Brown v. Hennessy” YMCA boxing rematch exhibition at the A.E.F. 2nd Aviation Instruction Center on June 16, 1918 [with] a torn ticket stub from the first Brown v. Hennessy match on May 15, 1918. Large orange broadside poster promoting the “Brown v. Hennessy” YMCA boxing rematch exhibition at the A.E.F. 2nd Aviation Instruction Center on June 16, 1918. Printed by Deslis Freres and Co, Tours, 32 x 24 inches. Paper is translucent and nearly tissue-like, but remains in Very Good condition with faint creases from being folded with a few instances of the paper wearing through at the folds. The only major loss is a thumbprint-sized tear at the top edge (approx. 1" x .75") and small punctures in the other three corners where it may have been stapled or otherwise affixed for display. The main event promoted on the poster was a rematch between K. O. Brown and J. Hennessy, who fought a 6-round draw the previous month—and would go an