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Title: Duke Kahanamoku golfing on beach
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1925
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.
Description: Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989
Duke Kahanamoku didn't introduce surfing to southern California; that distinction belongs to George Freeth in the early 1900s. After winning five Olympic medals in swimming, the Hawaiian-born Kahanamoku became surfing's ambassador to the world. In his spare time, he acted in numerous movies and played water polo for the Los Angeles Athletic Club. In 1925, while lounging on the beach in Corona Del Mar, he saw a boat capsize in rough waters. Kahanamoku grabbed his board, paddled out to sea, and is credited with rescuing eight passengers. He died in 1968.
Duke Kahanamoku golfing on the beach in Southern California.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00048841
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Sports-Golf; G-000-444.1 4x5
CARL0000052874
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/102598
Subject: Kahanamoku, Duke,--1890-1968
Beaches--California--Los Angeles
Golf--California--Los Angeles
Golf clubs (Sporting goods)
Surfers--United States

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