Only 17 Months Old, Russell Sanders doesn't know that his father, Ed, died of a brain injury in the heavyweight fight at the Boston Garden. The baby merely knows that his father hasn't returned to the home in the D street project in South Boston.
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Only 17 Months Old, Russell Sanders doesn't know that his father, Ed, died of a brain injury in the heavyweight fight at the Boston Garden. The baby merely knows that his father hasn't returned to the home in the D street project in South Boston.

Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 · [ca. December 1954]

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