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
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Boxer Jimmy McLarnin sings while his wife, Lillian, plays the piano. McLarnin stands while his wife sits on the piano bench. The couple is in their home in Beverly Hills. McLarnin was featured in the paper as he was training to make a comeback in the world of boxing by fighting Tony Canzoneri. This photograph appears with the article, "Jimmy McLarnin Training for Comeback Fight Against Canzoneri in March: Little Irishman Has Everything but Title: 'Baby Face' and His Manager Can Look Back on Hardships With a Smile Now," Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 1936: A12. Text from newspaper caption: Jimmy McLarnin, Former World's Welterweight Champion, Finds That There's No Place Like Home: The McLarnins play "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." Text from negative sleeve: 3558- Jimmie [sic] McLarnin + Wife. [Stamped:] Feb 7 1936 Handwritten on negative: Mr. + Mrs. Jimmie [sic] McLarnin
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