George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, doing the Charleston [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Title: George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, doing the Charleston [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927
Date Created: [circa 1926-1927]
Date: 1926/1927
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph is similar to another one of George Godfrey captioned "Doin The Charleston." Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1925: B1.
George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, doing the Charleston outside a brick building. Godfrey wears a pinstripe suit. Other photographs taken on this occasion show a sign reading "KHJ" over a doorway. The location may be the KHJ radio studio and towers atop the Los Angeles Times building at 1st and Broadway.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Godfrey, George
Handwritten on negative: Geo. Godfrey

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_4904
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