A Mexican laborer and his team of horses pauses as Jack Dempsey (in suit) helps out with the grading of the grounds at the hotel and casino "Playa de Ensenada". A lone palm in the background is the beginning of the landscaping. Photo caption reads: "The powerful arms and crafty brain which led Jack Dempsey to the top of the fight list is being turned to other channels these days. Dempsey is president of the syndicate operating Play de Ensenada and spends his time and energy in ironing out the wrinkles in the newly opened hotel and casino. His training ground now is at the hotel where he is shown above giving one of the Mexican laborers a lesson on the proper manner of grading the once barren land which is being turned into a garden spot of rare beauty". Photo dated: May 12, 1930.
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