Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of George Young, winner of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, receiving a check for $25,000 from William Wrigley, Jr. (left, in hat) as Sid Grauman looks on (right). A photographer is in the foreground (left). Handwritten on negative: Wm Wrigley. geo young. sid grauman. Text from negative sleeve: Catalina Channel Swim, 1927 Text from newspaper caption: Long Green for Long Swim. William Wrigley, Jr. presents George Young with $25,000 check, the prize awarded for the swimming of the Catalina Channel [Photo standalone: "Swim Hero Receives His Reward." Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 1927: A1]
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