Historic Victoria Advertisements
 Movies & Theater 1920-1929

As part of our series on Historic Victoria Advertisements, Movies & Theatre, 1920-1929, here is a 1921 Pantages Theater playbill for the World Heavyweight Championship fight between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier, held in Jersey City, New Jersey on 2 July 1921.

1921 advertisement for the Pantages Theater (now the McPherson Playhouse), feature presentation: the heavyweight World Championship boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Charpentier (2 July 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey)

1921 advertisement for the Pantages Theater (now the McPherson Playhouse), feature presentation: the heavyweight World Championship boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier (2 July 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey)

Here are some videos of the actual fight, as would have been shown at the Pantages Theater in 1921:

The Pantages Theater is now the McPherson Playhouse.

The McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, was originally designed in 1914 as an office building by architect Jesse Warren

The McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, was originally designed in 1914 as an office building by architect Jesse Warren

 

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