For many people in the late 1930s and 1940s a trip to New York City was not complete without a visit to Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant. Located on Broadway between 49th and 50th streets, the restaurant became an American institution. Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey opened the restaurant in 1935.
On the left side of the table in the above photo are a 14-year-old Ralph N. Gibson (1933), his father Joseph Gibson (1900-1966) and mother Ina Mae Pierce (1903-1977).
The names of the couple on the right side of the are not known, but the man was Joe Gibson's partner in Sweet's Foundry in Johnson City, New York. The photo was taken about 1947.
As he did most nights with customers, Dempsey came by the Gibson's table to greet them.
The painting on the wall behind the table is a well-known one. It shows Dempsey on the right, crouching and bobbing his way to a heavyweight victory over the giant Jess Willard to win the championship on July 14, 1919.
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