Boxer missing a leg · Boxer, Pacific's Mascot

Identifier: PUA_MS104_0001
Title: Boxer missing a leg
Description: A side-view of Pacific University's original "Boxer" mascot statue, circa 1950. The photograph is in black-and-white, making the statue appear to be the color of steel: but it was in fact bronze, with gold-toned welding marks. In this image, Boxer is missing one leg and his tail. Welding marks are visible on his other leg and neck. This damage was sustained during "Boxer Tosses," when students would fight over possession of the statue. This photograph may have been taken by Ellis Lucia (Class of 1944), as it was found in his archival papers. Lucia became a photojournalist after graduating from Pacific, and may have taken this photograph in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Creator: Lucia, Ellis
Date: Year(s): 1945/1954
Date: Display: 1945-1954
Is Part Of: Ellis Lucia Papers
Subject: Pacific University; Mascots
Place: Forest Grove, Oregon
Source: Pacific University Archives
Copyright: English http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/