Mildred Burke World's Champion Woman Wrestler

Mildred Burke World's Champion Woman Wrestler

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A copy print of a photograph of Mildred Burke sitting on a stool in a skirt and knitted top., This item was cataloged and digitized as part of the Mazzulla Collection Access and Digitization Project. In 2022, History Colorado was awarded a 3-year grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to fund work on the Fred M. Mazzulla Collection. The grant funds were used to catalog, arrange, describe, publicize, and digitize 50,000 items within the Mazzulla Collection, including photograph prints and negatives, manuscript material, scrapbooks, and audio recordings.From the Colorado Historical Society Mazzulla Collection stamp. On front: "Mildred Burke World's Champion Woman Wrestler".

Photograph

Burke, Mildred

Women wrestlers

Women--Sports

Plains to Peaks Collective

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