Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of swimmers beginning the Wrigley Ocean Marathon at Isthmus Cove on Santa Catalina Island. Starting with the swimmer in the 1-shouldered black swim suit on the right, seven swimmers are identified in the newspaper caption from R to L. Boats in the water wait to accompany the swimmers, who attempting to swim the channel to Point Vincent on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Channel Swim, 1927 Text from newspaper caption: Off on the Long Grind -(1) Norman Ross (2) Bert Rovere (3) Carl Ruoff (4) Sammy Sandow (5) Mrs. Charlotte Schoemmell (6) Isaac Shamus (7) Bobbie Schwartz [From Photo standalone page: "Getting Away With Channel Swimmers at Catalina Island Yesterday (Photos by George Watson, Times Staff Photographer)." Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan 1927: A3] Handwritten on negative: 14 L-SC
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_1524 ark:/21198/zz002dc0pb
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Isthmus Cove (Santa Catalina Island) Long distance swimming--California--Santa Catalina Island Region Swimmers--California--Santa Catalina Island Wrigley Ocean Marathon Schoemmell, Charlotte Lottie Moore, 1895-1966 Sandow, Sammy Ross, Norman DeMille, 1895-1953 Schwartz, Bobbie Rovere, Bert Ruoff, Carl Shamus, Isaac
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