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Press release about the visit of swimmer Mariechen Wehselau to Los Angeles, 1924

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Title: Press release about the visit of swimmer Mariechen Wehselau to 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.
Press release about the visit of swimmer Mariechen Wehselau to Los Angeles on her way to the Olympic tryouts in New York.
Text of the press release: WATCH YOUR CREDITLA *3500*PACIFIC & ATLANTIC**LOS ANGELESWORLD CHAMP SWIMMER FROM HONOLULU ARRIVES EN ROUTE TO OLYMPIC GAMESMariechen Wehselau, world champion swimmer from Honolulu and holder of the world record for the 100 yard swim has arrived in the United States en route to the Olympic tryouts in New York on June 7-8 and thence to the Olympic games in Paris. She has, in addition to her world honors, held all island records for the past four years. This picture was taken in Los Angeles where she appeared in exhibition swims. B WFM 5/17/24
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4302i
ark:/21198/zz002cq2qw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sports
Swimmers--California--Los Angeles
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Wehselau, Mariechen M., 1906-1992
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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