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Wrigley Ocean Marathon swimmer on the gang plank of a boat, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Wrigley Ocean Marathon swimmer on the gang plank of a boat, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: January 15, 1927
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.
Photograph of a Wrigley Ocean Marathon swimmer rescued from the cold water of the Catalina Channel standing on the gang plank of a boat covered with a blanket. Spectators watch from either side of the gang plank.
Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Channel Swim, 1927
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1531
ark:/21198/zz002dc0xz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Wrigley Ocean Marathon
Long distance swimming--California--Santa Catalina Island Region
Swimmers--California
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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