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Title
Crowd greeting Magic Johnson at Lakers NBA championship rally in Los Angeles, Calif., 1980
Contributor
Kamin, Jayne
Date Created and/or Issued
May 17, 1980
1980-05-17
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
WHO'S THE POLITICIAN IN THE CAR?--Well, it's somebody more popular than a politician, Magic Johnson, getting a conquering hero's reception in Laker Day parade. The ticker-tape parade produced very little ticker tape and about 6,000 fans (left photo), pretty good but a little short of what the Philadelphia Flyers drew after they won their first Stanley cup in 1974 (police estimate: 2,000,000) and also shy of what the New York Mets drew after winning the World Series in 1969 (hundreds of thousands).
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b1104_290773-1
ark:/21198/zz0002r71x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Sports
African American basketball players
Culture
Victory celebrations--California--Los Angeles
Basketball players--California--Los Angeles
People
Johnson, Earvin, 1959-
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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