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. Photograph of boxer Tiger Flower, returning to his corner, while opponent Eddie Huffman is down on the mat as the referee counts down at Ascot Park. Tiger Flowers was the first African American middleweight boxing champion. He was the winner of the match with Huffman. This match took place in Ascot Park near Gardena, Calif., which became a raceway in 1957 and later closed in 1990. Photograph published in article: "Tiger Flowers Whips Eddie Huffman at Ascot," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jul. 1926: A1. Text on negative sleeve: Huffman vs. Flowers, Boxers
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5100 ark:/21198/zz002cv2g2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Boxers (Sports)--California--Los Angeles Flowers, Tiger, 1895-1927 Huffman, Eddie T., 1905-1977
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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