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Title
Mickey Walker and daughter Pat
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
Circa 1951
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.
Description
Pictured is Mickey Walker sitting with his daughter Pat at an event. He sits with a cigarette in one hand and the two appear to be laughing together. Mickey Walker, born Edward Patrick Walker, was a welterweight and middleweight champion-also known as "The Toy Bulldog". His father was a friend of bare-knuckle boxing champion and legend, John L. Sullivan and in the same year of 1990, both were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00054016
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d063_f20_i23
CARL0000057723
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41477
Subject
Walker, Mickey,--1903-1981
Boxers (Sports)
Cigarettes
Daughters
Men
Young women
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period
1950-1959

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