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Title: Boots smiles confidently
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1959
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated February 9, 1959 reads, "Boots Monroe, state bantamweight champion, smiles as Trainer Eddie Futch checks his weight. Monroe expects no trouble making 118-pound limit for North American bantam title battle against Mexico's Toluco Lopez tonight at Hollywood Legion Stadium."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00162796
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d066_f2_i5
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/133614
Subject: Monroe, Boots
Boxers (Sports)
Boxing (Sports)
Boxing
Boxing trainers
Coaches (Athletics)
Scales (Weighing instruments)
Men
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period: 1951-1960

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