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Title: The Champ' writes his name
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1959
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated December 9, 1959 reads, "It was autograph day at Studio City Rotary Club's noon luncheon at the Tahitian Restaurant when the speaker was the incomparable and lasting 'The Champ' Jack Dempsey, former world heavyweight boxing champion. Shown with pens in hand surrounding the seated Manassa Mauler, from left, are Abe Roth, veteran retired fight referee; Braven Dyer, noted newspaperman who emceed the event; Sam Roth, brother of Abe and program chairman, and club president Robert L. Kitchin (See Claude Newman Column)."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00156734
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d061_ f4_ i29
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129678
Subject: Dempsey, Jack,--1895-1983
Dyer, Braven,--Jr
Studio City Rotary Club
Tahitian Restaurant (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Associations, institutions, etc
Boxers (Sports)
Newspaper employees
Referees
Autographs
Restaurants
Luncheons
Clubs
Men
Pens
Murals
Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period: 1961-1970

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