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Spectators on the shore watch swimmers begin the Wrigley Ocean Marathon at Isthmus Cove, Santa Catalina Island, 1927

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Title: Spectators on the shore watch swimmers begin the Wrigley Ocean Marathon at Isthmus Cove, Santa Catalina Island, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: January 15, 1927
1926-01-15
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of spectators on the shore watching swimmers begin the Wrigley Ocean Marathon at Isthmus Cove, Santa Catalina Island. Boats with swim coaches and observers follow the swimmers.
Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Channel Swim, 1927
Text from newspaper caption: Some of the Scores of Boats Dotting Cove at Start of Swim [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]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1528
ark:/21198/zz002dc0td
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Isthmus Cove (Santa Catalina Island)
Long distance swimming--California--Santa Catalina Island Region
Swimmers--California--Santa Catalina Island
Spectators--California--Santa Catalina Island
Wrigley Ocean Marathon
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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