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 Wehselau, standing on the roof of a building wearing her swimsuit. Wehselau 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_4301 ark:/21198/zz002cq2pc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Swimmers--California--Los Angeles People Sports Olympic Games (8th : 1924 : Paris, France) Wehselau, Mariechen M., 1906-1992
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