/ Sportsmen sitting at a table, Los Angeles, 1940s

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Title: Sportsmen sitting at a table, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued: [1940?]
1940/1949
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
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Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
At the head of the table is boxer Dynamite Jackson. Seated on the far left is Rainy Shaw. 3rd from the left is Abie Robinson, and 6th from the left is Henry Armstrong. 1st from the right is Paul McGee, 2nd from the right is Eddie Burbridge, and 3rd from the right is Halley Harding. Mr. Gordon stated that the men at the table either played sports or were sports writers. The others at the table are unknown.
Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0218
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 1
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: African American journalists--California--Los Angeles
African American boxers--California--Los Angeles
Burbridge, Edward Dejoie, Sr., 1902-1975
Jackson, Dynamite, 1911-1967
Armstrong, Henry, 1912-1988
McGee, Paul, 1906-1968
Shaw, Rainy
Harding, Halley, 1904-1967
Robinson, Abie, 1915-2001
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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