Incase anyone wasn't aware, the university of Texas-Austin, has scanned Hackenschmidt's personal scrapbook and made it available for public viewing here-
https://starkcenter.org/3d-flip-book/hackenschmidt-scrapbook/top of page
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Matey Dave is sharing this photo of Hackenschmidt, which he believes was taken around 1900
if You ever go to the home of the armadillos, in addition to the music from Amarillo and Abilene, the stark center combative sports collection is well worth checking out
as a belt fanatic...Hack won his belt in 1898 at Vienna Euro Olympics.
Thank you for this.
well that was a bust! Second try-
https://starkcenter.org/3d-flip-book/hackenschmidt-scrapbook/