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Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of a crowd of spectators, Los Angeles

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Title: Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of a crowd of spectators, Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1930-1945?]
1930/1945
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Springboard diver Marjorie Gestring leaping from the board in front of stands of spectators. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Gestring won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving. She was 13 years old at the time and was the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Gestring was a native Los Angeleno
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Marjorie Gestring
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027zg3v
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Entertainment
Diving--California--Los Angeles
Athletes--American--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Gestring, Marjorie, 1922-1992
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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