Image / Boxer Henry Armstrong trains with a punching bag, Los Angeles, 1930s

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Title: Boxer Henry Armstrong trains with a punching bag, Los Angeles, 1930s
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930s
1930/1939
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Henry Armstrong trains with a punching bag. Henry Jackson Jr. (1912 - 1988) was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He holds the honor of being the only boxer to hold three world championships at the same time.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Henry Armstrong.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Armstrong, Henry.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027zmtn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Boxing--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Armstrong, Henry, 1912-1988
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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