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Title
Arizmendi vs Armstrong fight
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
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
Photo taken at the Arizmendi vs Armstrong fight at the Olympic, in Los Angeles. With his back to the camera, Arizmendi weathers the storm of Armstrong's attack. Baby fights back to win the plaudits of the crowd for his courage, although superior skill belonged to Homicide Henry. Photo dated: March 16, 1938.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00047977
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 6265.
CARL0000052015
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/16876
Subject
Armstrong, Henry,--1912-1988
Arizmendi, Baby
African American boxers
Boxers (Sports)--California--Los Angeles
Boxing
Boxing matches
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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