Boxer Jimmy McLarnin and his wife, Lilian, read a newspaper together, Beverly Hills, 1936

Title: Boxer Jimmy McLarnin and his wife, Lilian, read a newspaper together, Beverly Hills, 1936
Date Created: [circa February 1936]
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Boxer Jimmy McLarnin and his wife, Lillian, read a newspaper together in their Beverly Hills home. Lillian perches on the arm of the chair that Jimmy sits in. On the hearth, there are issues of the Saturday Evening Post and Better Homes and Gardens. McLarnin was featured in the LA Times as he was training to make a comeback in the world of boxing by fighting Tony Canzoneri.
Related to Los Angeles Times 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," 2 Feb. 1936: A12.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Mr + Mrs Jimmie [sic] McLarnin
Text from negative sleeve: 3558- Jimmie [sic] McLarnin + Wife. [Stamped:] Feb 7 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Subjects: Boxers (Sports)--California--Beverly Hills
Reading--California--Beverly Hills
Names: McLarnin, Jimmy, 1907-2004
McLarnin, Lillian Grace Cupit, 1914-1985
Location: Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_12626
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmp22
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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