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George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, doing the Charleston [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

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Title: George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, doing the Charleston [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1926-1927]
1926/1927
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is similar to another one of George Godfrey captioned "Doin The Charleston." Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1925: B1.
George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, doing the Charleston outside a brick building. Godfrey wears a pinstripe suit. Other photographs taken on this occasion show a sign reading "KHJ" over a doorway. The location may be the KHJ radio studio and towers atop the Los Angeles Times building at 1st and Broadway.
Text from negative sleeve: Godfrey, George
Handwritten on negative: Geo. Godfrey
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4904
ark:/21198/zz002cttqv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sports
Boxers (Sports)--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment
Godfrey, George, 1897-1947
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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