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 mows his lawn for the camera. McLarnin wears dress shoes, a jacket and a tie. He 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. Handwritten on negative: Jimmie [sic] McLarnin Text from negative sleeve: 3558- Jimmie [sic] McLarnin + Wife. [Stamped:] Feb 7 1936 Text from newspaper caption: Jimmy McLarnin, Former World's Welterweight Champion, Finds That There's No Place Like Home: Here's another tune- "The mowin' of the green."
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