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Title	Memorial Auditorium as Boxing Venue
Date	1935
Description	Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium at 1515 J Street often served as a boxing venue. It is pictured here in 1935, readied to host a boxing match. The same year that this photograph was taken, the 3,500-seat building was host to the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Boxing Championship, pitting seven schools against one another. So popular was the event that several hundred people were turned away, making it – up to that time – the largest audience to ever view an event in the Memorial Auditorium. Out of the group, Washington State University finished first. Just seven years earlier, in November of 1928, California nearly outlawed boxing by vote of the people.
Format	8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution	Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights	This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood	1515 J Street; Downtown
City/County	Sacramento
Subjects	Athletics Boxing Auditoriums for Live Arts and Oration Arenas and Stadiums
Collection	Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number	1389