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Title: Rivers favored over Casey in Legion battle
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: 1958
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 September 27, 1958 reads, "Neal Rivers, State middleweight champion, is favored over Hank Casey in 12-rounder tonight at Hollywood Legion Stadium." Photograph article partially reads, "Rivers, 24-year-old former amateur star out of Niagara Falls, N.Y., has held the State championship since March of 1956, when he outpointed Charlie Green in 12 rounds at the Legion."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00163068
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d066_f15_i22
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/133329
Subject: Boxers (Sports)
Boxing (Sports)
Gloves
Posing
Men
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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