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Two women on a stage approach from either side of the painted backdrop of a garden and engage in a boxing match. Both the boxing gloves and the hits exchanged between the women seem genuine. One woman wears a modest white dress with long sleeves and a skirt to mid-calf, dark stockings, and laced boots. The other woman–taller, thinner, and perhaps younger–sports a shorter, dark, sleeveless dress and the same dark stockings and boots.

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One Response to “Gordon Sisters Boxing [1901]”

  • yelloworangered:

    What very strange things passed for entertainment. I suppose the skirts flying up were part of the attraction as well as the surprise of seeing women doing a “man’s thing.” The back drop of the plaza makes this truly bizarre. Thank you for posting it.

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