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. 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. Boxer Jimmy McLarnin fixes his car for the camera. He wears a vest and tie. The hood of the car is open. Other houses in his Beverly Hills neighborhood are visible in the distance. McLarnin was featured in the paper as he was training to make a comeback in the world of boxing by fighting Tony Canzoneri. Text from newspaper caption: Jimmy McLarnin, Former World's Welterweight Champion, Finds That There's No Place Like Home: Jimmy tinkers with the family car. Text from negative sleeve: 3558- Jimmie [sic] McLarnin + Wife. [Stamped:] Feb 7 1936 Handwritten on negative: Jimmie McLarnin
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