This photograph was taken in the early 1900's at Lake Chemung, Howell, Michigan, showing two men boxing. There were other similar pictures in this group at a picnic believed to be on the same day; some of the pictures were featured in David Finney's "Images of America: Howell", 2013.
This photograph was one of several in the Cooper collection that was listed in David Finney's book, "Images of America: Howell", p. 96, and was captioned, "The cool waters of Lake Chemung provided people a brief respite from the steamy dog days of summer."
This photograph featured on page 94 of David Finney's "Images of America Howell", 2013, show two unknown Howell women practicing boxing at a picnic held at Lake Chemung in the early 1900's.