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Title
Boxer Alex Hart ready to throw a punch, Vernon, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued
January 26, 1925
1925-01-26
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.
Photograph published in article: "To The Rescue: Alex Hart Substitutes for Barratt at Vernon," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 1925: A1.
Alex Hart (William Alexander Hart) was a professional boxer from Vernon, CA who competed against several high profile opponents.
Handwritten on negative: Alex Hart
Text from negative sleeve: Hart, Alexander Boxer
Text from newspaper caption: Here's Alex Hart, stable-mate of Bobby Barratt, who will substitute for latter in main event bout against Dode Bercot over ten-round route at Jack Doyle's Vernon Coliseum tonight.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5163
ark:/21198/zz002cv4nm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Boxers (Sports)--California--Los Angeles
Hart, Alex, 1899-1934
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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