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Title: Old Jim trained here
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: 1954
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: Photograph caption dated November 16, 1954 reads "Demolishing crews tear down Jim Jeffries' barn in Burbank to remove it to Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Vista. Barn was on site of new $1,000,000 Valley Hotel. During Jeffries' heavyweight world championship career in 1900's (sic), it served him as training arena."; See images #00124483 through #00124484 for all photos in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00124484
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d029_f3_i28
CARL0005419985
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56005
Subject: Jeffries, James J.,--1875-1953--Homes and haunts
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Construction workers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Barns--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Debris--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Interiors--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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