Former boxer, Fidel La Barba, becomes sportswriter, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Former boxer, Fidel La Barba, becomes sportswriter, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

October 10, 1935

Date

1935-10-10

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Fidel La Barba, smiles directly at the camera while sitting at a desk with a typewriter and documents. He wears glasses, a tie, and sport jacket. Behind him is a window with the blinds closed. La Barba was a former championship fighter, who upon retirement, attended Stanford and received journalism degree. He became a sportswriter and eventually became a boxing advisor for Hollywood films. He wrote the related article and describes the grim reality of being a boxer.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2563-- Fidel La Barba, fighter (Italian, became journalist, (wrote 10/27/35 article for Times), --> search first name only in Oct. 1935 date range, fiter [sic], 10-10-35, [Stamped:] OCT 23 1935
Handwritten on negative: Fidel La Barba, 10-10-35
Text from newspaper caption: "Fiddle" La Barba: He left the ladder at the top, but wouldn't climb it again. ["They Can Have It--I Wouldn't Do It--Again!" Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1935]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

La Barba, Fidel, 1905-1981

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sports
Boxers (Sports)
Boxers (Sports)--California--Los Angeles
Boxing
Sportswriters--California--Los Angeles
People
Media