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Mariechen M. Wehselau, future Olympic Gold Medal winner, posing for a dive, Los Angeles, 1924

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Title: Mariechen M. Wehselau, future Olympic Gold Medal winner, posing for a dive, Los Angeles, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued: May 17, 1924
1924-05-17
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mariechen M. Wehselau (later Jackson) was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and silver medal in the 100 m freestyle event.
Mariechen M. Wehselau posing on a concrete platform for a dive, with 2 men in suits watching from the background. Wehselau, from Honolulu, was in Los Angeles for exhibition swims en route to the Olympic tryouts in New York on June 7-8.
Handwritten on negative: Mariechen Wehselau
Text from negative sleeve: Wehselan, Mariechen, swimmer, 1924
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4299
ark:/21198/zz002cq2mb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sports
People
Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
Olympic Games (8th : 1924 : Paris, France)
Wehselau, Mariechen M., 1906-1992
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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