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Title: Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Ruebsamen, James
Date Created and/or Issued: 1984
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1899-1989.
When Earvin "Magic" Johnson arrived in Los Angeles in 1979, he had won at every level: his high school team took the state championship and his Michgan State team the NCAA title. With his irrepressible grin and no-look passes, he transformed the Lakers into instant, perennial winners: the Lakers took five NBA crowns with Johnson at point, before he retired in 1991 after being diagnosed with HIV. Photograph dated May 12, 1985.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00048963
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Basketball
CARL0000053022
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/17442
Subject: Johnson, Earvin,--1959-
Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team)
Basketball--United States
Basketball players--United States
Basketball teams--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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