Images(2)

Poster

Object number2017.61.2

Date1960-1969

MediumPaper; Ink

Credit LineGift of Frank Durso

DescriptionRectangular paperboard wrestling poster. Front is off-white with central printed black photographic image of a shirtless wrestler Klondike Bill with arms outstretched. Front has black printed text describing wrestling match.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 14.063 × 22 × 0.063 in. (35.7 × 55.9 × 0.2 cm)
InscriptionsFront has black printed text across top "WRESTLING SAT. MAR. 14", on the left side "MONONGAHELA / HIGH GYM / BILL WATTS / VS / KLONDIKE BILL / GATTONI / VS / WHITE OWL", on the right side "SPONSORED BY / ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH MEN'S / CLUB Monongahela, Pa. / MASKED / DESTROYER / VS / ACE FREEMAN / DEFAZIO VS DURSO / HUNT VS ABBEY / PRICES: $2.50 - $1.50 Children $1.00", and across bottom "ADVANCE TICKETS SOLD BY Polaski's News Stand - Hill's Restaurant, New Eagle - Monessen Sport Shop".
Historical NotesThis original wrestling poster advertises a wrestling match in the Pittsburgh-area. Frank Sciullo, known professionally as Frank “Slip Mahoney” Durso, was a notable “heel” in the professional wrestling circuit in the 1960s and 1970s. Besides wrestling in venues around the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states, he also appeared on the popular television program “Studio Wrestling” on Channel 11.

Previous owner Frank Sciullo

Related person William F. Watts Jr. (born 1939)

Related person William Soloweyko (1931 - 2000)

Related person Baron Gattoni

Related person George Dahmer (1935 - 2008)

Related person Richard Beyer (born 1930)

Related person Zoltan Friedman (died 2001)

Related person Johnny De Fazio (born 1930)

Related person Bobby Hunt

Related person Joseph P. Abbenante (1931 - 1996)

Related institution Monongahela High School

Related institution St. Nicholas Church Men's Club